President William Ruto has announced support from United States (US) President Donald Trump. According to Ruto, the support comes from an already special bond formed between the two countries. “There is a special bond of friendship between the United States and Kenya.

Even a three month stop has very severe negative consequences around the world and in Haiti, for saving people’s lives and for preserving U.S. credibility, U.S. soft power.”

President William Ruto on Monday held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, focusing on Kenya-US trade relations, regional security and the UN-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti.

A section of Kenyans have criticised President Ruto for having a call to US secretary of state, opining that African problems must be solved by Africans,

President William Ruto has supported his US counterpart Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ policies, saying they align with the biblical requirements and Kenya's tradition.

Kenya now has a total of 617 officers operating in the Caribean nation under the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS).

Kenya has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti to provide backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where spiralling gang violence has displaced more than a million people,

Rubio’s remarks are the first high-level signal of Trump’s burgeoning policy toward one of the most pressing and intractable crises in the Western Hemisphere.

More than 200 Kenyan police officers have been sent to Haiti to assist an understaffed security mission. President William Ruto has pledged to send 1,000 troops to Haiti in support of the United Nations.

Gang violence killed at least 5,601 people in Haiti last year, about a thousand more than in 2023, the UN said. More than a million Haitians have been forced to flee their homes, three times as many as a year ago. Kenyan President William Ruto said last ...

Kenyan officers who have been deployed to Haiti sent heartfelt video messages to their families, assuring them they are doing well and asking for prayers.

There are still significant challenges with the funding that were already there with the Biden administration.”