Former Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa now says Kenya should pull out of the Haiti peacekeeping mission following the resignation of Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
In a statement via X on Tuesday, March 12, Wamalwa said that the Haitian citizens who mounted pressure on Henry to resign do not want the deployment of Kenyan Police to the Caribbean country.
The DAP K party leader wondered why the Kenyan government is insisting on the deployment of officers on the basis of an agreement signed by the former Haitian Prime Minister.
“If Haitians rejected Ariel Henry with his so-called reciprocal agreement signed with Kenya and he obliged and resigned, they have rejected the deployment of Kenyan police to their Country, why is the KK regime insisting on deployment of our officers on the basis of a dubious agreement signed by the deposed Prime Minister whose legitimacy and capacity to contract was questionable?” Wamalwa posed.
The former Defence CS said Kenya should abort the mission unless there are other interests Kenyan seeks to achieve in the mission.
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“The reasonable thing to do in the circumstances is to abort Mission unless there are other interests at play other than National Security interests,” Wamalwa added.
Henry resigned as the Haiti Prime Minister on Monday following weeks of pressure and increasing violence in the Caribbean country.
The former Prime Minister who has led the country since the assassination of the country’s former President is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from returning home.
On Monday Interior CS Kithure Kindiki announced that the Haiti peace Mission is in the pre-redeployment phase.
Kindiki noted that all frameworks including the law of detention, arrest, and standard operation procedures have been finalized.
Kenya and Haiti on March 1 signed an agreement formalizing the deployment of 1,000 police officers.
