Kenya's high court blocks deployment of forces to Haiti until it can hear challenge
Source: Miami Herald
Kenya’s high court blocks deployment of forces to Haiti until it can hear challenge
Jacqueline Charles
Mon, October 9, 2023 at 2:51 PM EDT·3 min read
The highest court in Kenya has blocked the deployment of security forces to Haiti to help the volatile Caribbean nation disarm dangerous gangs, issuing a temporary halt until it can hear an objection that the mission is unconstitutional.
Monday’s decision by the tribunal, the equivalent of the country’s supreme court, prevents Kenya from deploying any of its police or military to Haiti until Oct. 24 to give the court time to look at a petition filed by Ekuru Aukot, a former presidential candidate and expert on Kenya’s constitution. Aukot claims the decision by President William Ruto to come to Haiti’s aide violates Kenya’s constitution.
Aukot posted the court’s decision on social media. In a tweet on X, the former Twitter, Aukot said: “We must protect our constitution. We cannot allow to be used and abused by whatever foreign powers.”
The United States, which supports Kenya’s deployment of a Multinational Security Support mission to Haiti, had hoped for a smoother transition between last week’s U.N. Security Council vote authorizing the mission and its actual arrival in Haiti. Though reluctant to discuss the politics in Kenya, the U.S. State Department routinely noted that Ruto’s party controlled his country’s parliament.
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