The last contingent of Kenyan police assigned to the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMAS), in charge of fighting the gangs that control parts of Haiti, left the country on Monday, police sources reported on Tuesday.
This weekend a ceremony was held to mark the end of this mission, which will be replaced by the Gang Enforcement Force (FRG).
Members of the local government participated in the event, according to a source from the Haitian National Police who requested anonymity.
The FRG, which has been given a stronger mandate by the UN Security Council than the MMAS, paid tribute to Kenyans who have served in Haiti in a message posted on X on Monday: “When Haiti most needed support, Kenya answered the call“.
With a lack of equipment, funding and with only a thousand police officers deployed out of the expected 2,500, the mission did not obtain anywhere near the expected results.
The Security Council decided in September to replace it with the FRG, which will be able to count on a maximum of 5,500 troopsboth police and military.
