Moses Kuria: Recall Haiti forces, deploy them to end Nairobi muggings
By Mustafa Juma, October 1, 2025Former President William Ruto’s senior economic advisor, who also served as Public Service Cabinet Secretary, Moses Kuria, has welcomed the decision by the United Nations Security Council to establish a global force for Haiti.
According to Kuria, the move should pave the way for Kenya to withdraw its troops from the troubled Caribbean nation.
In a statement shared via his official X account on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, Kuria said the resolution by the UN effectively ends what he termed Kenya’s “unilateral mission” in Haiti, which has faced both political and logistical challenges since its inception.
“I salute the UN Security Council for the resolution to set up a Global Force for Haiti. This should now put to an end the Kenyan unilateral mission and end the misadventure,” Kuria stated.
Earlier, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka called on the government to withdraw Kenyan police officers from Haiti, citing underfunding and the high risks involved.
Nairobi CBD insecurity
The former CS further urged the Inspector General of Police to redeploy the returning Kenyan forces to Nairobi, citing rising cases of insecurity in the capital.
“I appeal to the Inspector General to deploy the returning forces to the streets of Nairobi to put an end to the daylight muggings and pickpocketings,” Kuria wrote on X.
Kuria’s remarks come amid mounting concerns over violent street crime in the city, with residents reporting a surge in robberies, muggings, and pickpocketing in recent weeks.
Kenya had deployed officers to Haiti as part of an international peacekeeping mission aimed at stabilising the gang-ridden nation. However, the mission has been marred by controversy, including questions over its legal framework, funding, and the safety of the deployed officers.
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The UN resolution
The UN has adopted a resolution to transform a security mission in gang-dominated Haiti into a larger, fully fledged force with military troops.
The new unit can now have a maximum of 5,500 uniformed personnel, including police officers and soldiers, unlike the current mission, which is just law enforcement.
The US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, said the vote by 12 security council members to “transform the multinational security support (MSS) mission to the new gang suppression force, a mission five times the size of its predecessor” showed the “international community was sharing the burden”.
About a week ago, William Ruto, while attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said that with the right personnel, adequate resources, appropriate equipment, and necessary logistics, Haiti’s security can be restored.
He also said that the gangs in Haiti were cowards and stressed that if Kenya was sending a security team, the mandate had to be clear with a predictable resource package.
The boost in force will be accompanied by the creation of a support office within the UN, suggested several months ago by the secretary-general, António Guterres, to provide the required logistical and financial support.