Kenya's Haiti mission in limbo amid crisis


FILE PHOTO: A convoy of cars carrying members of a Kenyan delegation leave the premises of Haitian National Police (PNH) after meeting with the Chief of the Haitian National Police Frantz Elbe, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya has said its police officers will soon be in Haiti to confront armed groups vying for control of the capital, but worsening insecurity and uncertainty about financing are casting doubt on the mission's prospects.

Kenya's government, which first pledged to lead an international security mission last July, says it is ready to deploy after it signed an agreement with Haiti's government on March 1 meant to address a ruling by a domestic judge who deemed the existing plan unlawful.

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