MSS Mission Stories

Haitian President visits Kenyan troops as search for missing officer continues
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 29, 2025

Specialised MSS teams have since been deployed to search for the missing officer, but there have been no updates from Kenyan authorities in Haiti.

Second Kenyan police officer killed in Haiti as gangs intensify attacks
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 26, 2025

According to a statement by MSS spokesperson Jack Ombaka on Tuesday, the officer was inside an armored vehicle belonging to the Haitian National Polic...

Kenyan police officer missing after ambush by gangs in Haiti
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 26, 2025

The incident happened nearly a week after another Kenyan officer was injured while conducting a security operation in Kenscoff within the Belot area i...

Kenya not financing Haiti security mission -Police
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 15, 2025

Police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said the total budget for the mission in the current financial year 2024/2025 is Sh2.1 billion and not Sh4.5 billion...

Kenyan taxpayers to foot Sh2.5 billion for Haiti mission in latest budget review
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 13, 2025

Last year, the Treasury disclosed that the Kenyan government had spent Sh2.1 billion on the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti.

Haiti's MSS Mission: A miscalculated gamble now seeking U.N. lifeline
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 03, 2025

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has ruled out an immediate transition of the MSS into a UN peacekeeping operation.

Kenya sends another 168 police officers to join mission fighting gangs in Haiti
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 06, 2025

Kenya leads the mission, which also includes police personnel from countries such as Guatemala, Jamaica, El Salvador, the Bahamas, and Belize.

Kenyan police hand over key Haiti bases to Guatemalan peacekeepers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 22, 2025

The newly renovated FOB has served as a vital strategic hub for improving response times and supporting key areas such as the National Port.

More countries endorse Haiti’s call to transition MSS Mission into UN Peacekeeping
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 16, 2024

The Organisation resolved to support the transition "in order to provide more sustainable assistance for Haiti's long-term stability, security, rule o...

Bahamas soldiers join Kenyan police in fighting Haiti gangs
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 22, 2024

In Haiti, Kenyan officers have conducted raids that resulted in the deaths of over 20 gang members within the past week.

Family seeks answers as Kenyan officer who died while on Haiti mission is buried
Bashir Mohammed  |  Mar 16, 2024

He was en route to Haiti as part of the advance security team dispatched to the Caribbean nation ahead of the deployment of Kenyan troops

Kenya mission to Haiti still on despite legal, financial hurdles
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 28, 2024

Despite Benin's planned deployment of a bigger force, it is expected that the mission will still be led by Kenya, which is appealing a court decision...

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