Kenyan delegation meeting Haitian police chief to assess security force -source

FILE PHOTO: Incoming Chief of the Haitian National Police Frantz Elbe speaks at a ceremony for his installation after the resignation of former Chief Leon Charles, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Kenyan delegation has arrived in Haiti and is meeting the head of the country's national police (PNH), a source told Reuters on Monday, as it assesses leading a possible United Nations-backed security force to help police fight heavily armed gangs.

The Caribbean country's government first called for international security assistance last October but countries have been wary of backing the administration of unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry, considered by many Haitians to be corrupt.