NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya will send 600 more police officers to Haiti next month to bolster an international anti-gang mission, President William Ruto said on Friday during a visit by the Haitian prime minister intended to speed up deployments to the force.
At least 10 countries have promised to send a total of about 2,900 troops to participate in the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS).
But only about 430 have deployed since the U.N.-authorised mission got under way in June, nearly 400 of them from Kenya.
Gachagua has said the impeachment motion was based on falsehoods that constituted a “choreographed political lynching”, according to the court documents seen by Reuters.
Justice Lawrence Mugambi called on the chief justice to create a panel of three judges to examine Gachagua’s petition, citing high public interest in the case.
The deputy president’s rift with President William Ruto, whom he backed in a 2022 election, spilt into the open after deadly protests this year against proposed tax increases and the cost of living.
Gachagua outraged many in Ruto’s coalition for likening the government to a company and suggesting that those who voted for the coalition had first claim on public-sector jobs and development projects.
The impeachment motion cites the comments, calling them “highly inflammatory.”
Ruto has not commented publicly on the impeachment proceedings.
The push to impeach Gachagua has divided Kenyans, with some saying that parliament should focus on the economy instead of politics, and others calling for both Ruto and his deputy to quit.
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