On 26 January this year, Kenya’s high court deemed its plan to send 1 000 police officers to head a so-called UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti unconstitutional. This is because there is no evidence of an agreement between Haiti and Kenya granting these powers, even as the UN Security Council has already endorsed this problematic policing initiative.
Despite this court judgment, and the many Kenyan voices expressing opposition to this project, President William Ruto continues to assert that he will go ahead with this mission, stating: