Sunday June 23, 2024, a senior Kenyan police source on condition of anonymity declared "[...] Preparations are underway for a departure for Haiti this week (Tuesday June 25, date confirmed by another source at the Kenyan Ministry of Interior ] […] We already have two preparatory teams who left, one last week and another yesterday [Saturday June 22] added this police source.

Which suggests that an unknown number of Kenyans have already arrived in Haiti in the greatest secrecy to prepare and coordinate the arrival of the first contingent of Kenyan forces on Tuesday June 25, 2024...

If the information relayed by major international press agencies (AP, AFP, etc.) and international media is confirmed, the first Kenyan contingent (number unknown) as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMSS) authorized on 2 October 2023, by resolution 2699 voted on at the UN Security Council https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40642-haiti-flash-the-security-council-approves-the-intervention-of-a-multinational-force-in-haiti.html, will leave Nairobi for Port-au-Prince tomorrow Tuesday June 25, 2024 to fight alongside their brothers in arms of the Haitian National Police (PNH) the violence of armed gangs...

Remember that Kenya, which will lead the Mission, has committed to sending a force of 1,000 men which will be increased to more than 2,500 men with the commitment of several other countries including, among others, Senegal, Burundi, Chile, Jamaica , the Bahamas, Barbados, Ecuador and the Seychelles for approximately 1,500 men https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40937-haiti-flash-more-details-on-the-multinational-mission-of-at-least-2-600-men.html not counting more recently Benin which alone has committed to providing up to 2,000 additional men https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42142-haiti-flash-appointment-of-a-special-envoy-to-prepare-the-arrival-of-2-000-beninese-soldiers.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42604-haiti-flash-signing-of-an-agreement-on-the-legal-status-of-the-mission.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42590-haiti-kenya-president-edgard-leblanc-fils-met-by-videoconference-with-president-ruto.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42586-haiti-flash-imminent-deployment-of-the-mission-a-pnh-delegation-to-the-kenyan.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42513-haiti-flash-gang-members-flee-port-au-prince-before-the-deployment-of-the-multinational-mission.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42425-haiti-flash-a-haiti-expert-predicts-that-young-people-will-leave-gangs-when-the-mission-will-be-in-action.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42392-haiti-politic-memorandum-of-understanding-between-haiti-and-kenya-official.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42390-haiti-flash-the-deployment-of-the-mission-delayed-due-to-american-logistical-problems.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42142-haiti-flash-appointment-of-a-special-envoy-to-prepare-the-arrival-of-2-000-beninese-soldiers.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41784-haiti-flash-haiti-and-kenya-signed-the-bilateral-agreement-essential-for-the-deployment-of-the-mission-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40937-haiti-flash-more-details-on-the-multinational-mission-of-at-least-2-600-men.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40642-haiti-flash-the-security-council-approves-the-intervention-of-a-multinational-force-in-haiti.html

SL/ HaitiLibre