{"id":107035,"date":"2023-11-17T19:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-court-extends-orders-blocking-deployment-of-police-officers-to-haiti"},"modified":"2023-11-17T20:30:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:30:44","slug":"kenyan-court-extends-orders-blocking-deployment-of-police-officers-to-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-court-extends-orders-blocking-deployment-of-police-officers-to-haiti","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan Court extends orders blocking deployment of police officers to Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Kenyan High Court on Thursday extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to Haiti, on the same day that parliament approved a government request to send 1,000 policemen to the Caribbean nation to help deal with gang violence.<\/b><\/p>\n

High Court Judge Chacha Mwita said he would make a ruling on January 26 next year, effectively delaying the sending of security officers to Haiti, where they are expected to lead a multinational force that\u2019s backed by the U.N Security Council.<\/p>\n

Either of the parties can appeal the decision due in January at the High Court and beyond to the Supreme Court, meaning this could be a protracted battle to send troops to Haiti.<\/p>\n

The court decision came hours after Kenya\u2019s parliament passed a motion allowing the deployment of the security officers.<\/p>\n

But the government was immediately criticized for disobeying the court orders first issued in October that barred the deployment.<\/p>\n

Former presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot who filed the case in court described the tabling of the motion as “beligerent.”<\/p>\n

Aukot said the move as unconstitutional, calling it a huge mistake and a suicide mission.<\/p>\n

“All of you have seen the statement, the joint statement from those committees of parliament, it has gone against the court order.”<\/p>\n

Herman Manyora, a political pundit, and journalism professor at the University of Nairobi, said the government had no choice but to respect the court’s decision on the delay.<\/p>\n

He said even holding the debate in parliament was a brazen defiance of the laws of the country.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Kenyan parliament approved a government a motion tabled by the parliament\u2019s Committee on Administration and Internal Security approving the government request to send the security officers as violence escalated in Haiti.<\/p>\n

The heated debate saw opposition legislators rejecting government plans for Kenya to lead a multinational policing team in Haiti, saying it violated the country\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the motion said Kenya had a moral obligation and duty to aid Haiti.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Tongoya, who chairs parliament\u2019s committee on administration and internal security, said all costs of the deployment would be funded by the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Interior minister Kithure Kindiki last week told parliament that Kenya would only deploy the officers to Haiti if funding and equipment were paid for by U.N. member states.<\/p>\n

Burundi, Chad, Senegal, Jamaica, and Belize have all pledged troops for the multinational mission.<\/p>\n

Violence has escalated in Haiti as a heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in the capital Port-au-prince Wednesday, trapping patients including 40 children and newborns. Police later rescued the people.<\/p>\n

Gangs across Haiti have continued to grow more powerful since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moi\u0308se, and the number of kidnappings and killings keeps rising.<\/p>\n

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