Kenya’s Haiti mission facing uncertain costs despite UN nod

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Police recruits march during a pass out parade at Kiganjo Training College in Nyeri County, Kenya on March 3, 2017. PHOTO | NMG

The United Nations Security Council may have approved Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission (MSS) to Haiti, but the cost of deploying the troops is something that may not be known until later next year.

On Monday, the UNSC passed Resolution 2699/23 to a vote of 13 and 2 abstentions. It paved the way for Kenya to deploy its pledged 1,000 police personnel. Other countries Jamaica, Antigua and Bermuda and the Bahamas were listed as having volunteered to send personnel too. Mongolia, Spain, Senegal and Belize had also expressed support while Canada has pledged to join the US in fundraising for the Mission.