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Can the 300 gangs roaming Haiti cripple Kenya's peace mission?

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President William Ruto during flagging off the the first batch of 400 police officers for the United Nations-led peace mission in Haiti, at National Police College, Embakasi 'A' Campus, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

September is the month when world leaders annually congregate in New York City for the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA). 2024 was no different. Of particular interest to stakeholders in Kenya, the US and Caribbean, was President William Ruto's address to the international community.

During his address to the UN, he doubled down on Kenya's commitment to bring order and peace to the troubled island of Haiti, the poorest country in the Northern Hemisphere. However, a major obstacle to peace prevails. Haitian gangs.

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