Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni has sent his condolences message to the family of a Kenyan officer who died in Haiti mission.
Speaking during an interview with NTV Kenya, Kioni urged the officers to be very careful reminding them that the mission wasn’t going to be easy.
He also asked the government to keep track of what’s happening especially on fundings.
” Pole to the family, it wasn’t going to be an easy mission… we have to be careful. I think as a country we need to keep track on what is happening, the funding which was given by Biden’s administration might not be given by Trump.” Kioni said.
This marks the first casualty on the Kenyan team since they arrived there on June 25, 2024, to help the Caribbean nation contain criminal gangs.
Kenya has about 800 officers of the 1,000 needed.
Early this month, US confirmed the exemption of the Haiti mission from aid freeze comes on the same day Kenya dispatched a fresh batch of 144 police officers to the Caribbean island to supplement efforts of an earlier force of 600 officers deployed to battle gang violence.
Reports on February 5, had indicated that the US government had ordered an immediate stop to its financial contribution to the MMS for Haiti following Trump’s recent executive order suspending US humanitarian aid for 90 days to reassess spending.
The reports said UN had confirmed receiving an official notification from the Trump administration to freeze its pledged support amounting to Sh1.7 billion being part of the initial Sh1.9 billion it had committed to the mission’s trust fund.
By Newshub