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Ruto declares ironclad support for Haiti

President William Ruto speaks in an exclusive interview with VOA Swahili Service reporter Hubbah Abdi in Washington. [Screen grab, VOA]

President William Ruto says his government has met all legal and constitutional requirements to deploy troops to Haiti to help the Caribbean nation out of political and socioeconomic turmoil.

In an exclusive interview with VOA's Hubbah Abdi shortly after concluding his state visit to the United States last week, Ruto said the East African nation "will show up in Haiti'' as it has historically done for more than a dozen other countries to support peace efforts.

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