Kenya troops leave Nairobi to start mission in gang-hit Haiti

Some 400 members of Rapid Deployment Unit, General Service Unit, Administration Police, and Kenya Police are flying to the Caribbean country and will be joined later by 600 more officers.

The group comprises elite officers from the Rapid Deployment Unit, General Service Unit, Administration Police, and Kenya Police.

President William Ruto bid a ceremonial goodbye to the officers on Monday and handed them a Kenyan national flag.

"Your presence in Haiti will bring hope and relief to communities torn apart by violence and ravaged by disorder," he said, adding that the rest of the force will join their colleagues "soon".

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