Raila orders Azimio MPs to reject Ruto’s Haiti deployment
Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has asked lawmakers to reject the government plan to deploy police officers to Haiti should the matter be brought to the House for approval.
The opposition party has also asked President Ruto to reconsider the decision citing internal security challenges in Sondu, Lamu and North Rift as well as potential “disastrous outcome” in the event of such a deployment.
In a statement, ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna said the situation in Haiti has no immediate threat to Kenya’s national security and questioned why other nations that share borders with the troubled country were not willing to intervene.
“ODM urges the Ruto regime to reconsider this offer. We call upon Members of Parliament to oppose the deployment of our men and women in uniform to Haiti should the matter be brought before Parliament,” said Mr Sifuna.
“Indeed, given the current security challenges around Sondu, Lamu, the North Rift, along the border with Somalia and within the islands of Lake Victoria, only a truly insensitive and reckless government would deploy 1,000 police officers elsewhere. A poor man’s philanthropy will always raise eyebrows,” he said.
He observed that previous interventions in Haiti by some of the most powerful nations have ended up with disastrous results on each occasion.
“There is therefore no gainsaying the fact that the breakdown of law and order, or the instability in Haiti, are not superficial issues that require mere policing. The root causes go deeper than that,” he added.
He questioned the rush by the government to make such a decision without seeking approval of Parliament.
He said that the commitment of the officers to Haiti appears to have been made long before approval of both the United Nations and Parliament was sought.
“For some strange reason, the Ruto regime has arbitrarily decided to send, not the military but the police, to Haiti, a country far away on the Western Hemisphere with no strategic geopolitical value to Kenya. In fact, this is not the main worry in this plan shrouded in mystery,” he added.
On Monday, the High Court temporarily blocked the planned deployment until October 24, following a petition filed by Ekuru Aukot’s Thirdway Alliance Party and others.
Dr Aukot and Thirdway Alliance chairperson Miruru Waweu filed the petition last Friday, arguing that Kenya’s Constitution restricts police officers to operating within Kenya’s borders.
They have further challenged the move saying there has been no request from the Haitian government. They further say that the Constitution does not envisage deployment of police officers outside Kenya and that there was no cabinet resolution endorsing the plan.
Additionally, they say, Kenya has not ratified any law or treaty to allow deployment of police officers outside the country.
Dr Aukot has also faulted President William Ruto for planning to deploy police officers outside Kenya at a time security officers have been unable to curb tribal violence in Lamu County, where he says members of one community have been targeted for death.
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