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Blow to government as court blocks police deployment to Haiti

The High Court on Friday dealt a blow to the government after it blocked the deployment of police officers to Haiti for a peacekeeping mission.

In a ruling on Friday, January 26, Justice Chacha Mwita said that the planned deployment would be illegal since the National Security Council has no legal authority to send police officers outside Kenya.

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