Court extends bar on deployment of police to Haiti

Nairobi, 

Tuesday, 24 October, 2023 

McCreadie Andias 

The High Court in Nairobi has extended a ban to Deploy police offices on a security mission in Haiti. 

The court granted an interim injunction following a case filed by an opposition politician and lawyer Ekuru Aukot who argued that the deployment was unconstitutional and was not backed by any legal grounds. 

"This court became seized of this matter earlier than everyone else and it would not make any sense for it to set aside or allow the interim orders to lapse," Said high court Judge Enock Mwita. 

The UN had approved the multisectoral mission to Haiti in aimed at helping the Caribbean nation tackle surging gang violence. 

Following an appeal for help by Haiti, Kenya in July offered to send 1,000 officers to help restore security amid a worsening crisis in the carribean Nation. 

The Kenyan government has said it will seek parliament's approval before the officers are deployed.

"The court has extended the interim orders stopping the deployment of Kenya police to Haiti until the petition is determined," said lawyer Ekuru Aukot, who is also Thirdway's leader. The original order expired on Tuesday.

The case will continue on Nov. 9, Aukot wrote on X.