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So the question being discussed by Kenyans for the last 2 weeks: will the country really send police officers to Haiti or not?
US citizens have been evacuated and aid groups have warned that millions of Haitians face acute food shortages, as well-armed gangs wreak terror on the capital, Port-au-Prince.
It’s widely accepted that stopping the gangs will take determined international intervention – but the shape that it will take is still under question.
President Ruto is insisting Kenya will send 1000 police officers to fight the gangs once a transitional government is in place.
But many Kenyans are asking why their police officers are being offered to lead the force – when the US is so much closer to the violence stricken country.
In this episode of Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja talks to Dr Ekuru Aukot, a lawyer and opposition politician who successfully obtained a court order stopping the deployment in January.
He also talks to Kenyan security analyst George Musamali and BBC Africa’s Security Correspondent Ian Wafula.
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So the question being discussed by Kenyans for the last 2 weeks: will the country really send police officers to Haiti or not?
US citizens have been evacuated and aid groups have warned that millions of Haitians face acute food shortages, as well-armed gangs wreak terror on the capital, Port-au-Prince.
It’s widely accepted that stopping the gangs will take determined international intervention – but the shape that it will take is still under question.
President Ruto is insisting Kenya will send 1000 police officers to fight the gangs once a transitional government is in place.
But many Kenyans are asking why their police officers are being offered to lead the force – when the US is so much closer to the violence stricken country.
In this episode of Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja talks to Dr Ekuru Aukot, a lawyer and opposition politician who successfully obtained a court order stopping the deployment in January.
He also talks to Kenyan security analyst George Musamali and BBC Africa’s Security Correspondent Ian Wafula.

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