Kenya sent more than 200 police officers to Haiti on Saturday, providing backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has displaced more than a million people.

Kenya’s new deputy leader Kithure Kindiki fuelled rumours of a potential rift with the president after he missed se veral key events in December 2024. Kindiki dismissed the allegations when he resurfaced in public in January but online users continued to speculate about the reasons of Kindiki's absence.

Kenya's interior minister said the east African nation had deployed another 217 police officer to Haiti as part of a multinational force to curb gang violence. Kipchumba Murkomen said in a statement Saturday that the police officers departed Kenya Friday.

An agreement between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates could boost the African nation’s meat and horticultural exports to the Gulf country threefold, according to a top trade ministry official in the African nation.

Kenya has started discussions with the United Arab Emirates to secure financing to complete a regional railway, President William Ruto said, after China cut infrastructure funding to the project.

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Governors Mutahi Kahiga and Muthomi Njuki have accused Deputy President Kithure Kindiki of sidelining the Mt. Kenya region in terms of development.

Kenyan President William Ruto said the plan is eventually to send 2,500 police officers to Haiti under the UN-backed mission.

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