The Kenyan police on a Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti have adopted the drone technology in monitoring gangs.
Principal Secretary for State Department for Internal Security and National Administration Raymond Omollo, in a statement shared via his official X account on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, said that the move is part of the round-the-clock operations aimed at restoring lasting peace and stability in regions once plagued by gang violence.
Use of drones
Ground patrols and advanced aerial monitoring using drone technology have been intensified to track down the Haitian gangs.
The approach, PS Omollo says, is designed to dismantle criminal networks, ensure the safety of vulnerable communities, and rebuild trust among residents.
“Kenya and the police leadership of the Haiti peacekeeping mission have reiterated their unwavering dedication to restoring lasting peace and stability in regions once plagued by gang violence. The round-the-clock operations involve both ground patrols and advanced aerial monitoring using drone technology. This strategic approach is designed to dismantle criminal networks, ensure the safety of vulnerable communities, and rebuild trust among residents,” PS Omollo stated.
Restoration of order
His statement comes just hours after President William Ruto confirmed that National Police officers operating under MSS had intensified patrols in major cities of the gang-troubled Caribbean nation.
President Ruto further said that order has since been restored in several towns of Haiti, adding that the residents were grateful for the police intervention.
“National Police officers under the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti intensify patrols in major cities of the gang-troubled nation. The order has been restored in several towns, and residents are grateful for the police intervention,” Ruto stated.
Progress in Haiti
The government, in a statement issued on Sunday, January 19, 2025, through Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, announced that the MSS mission had made a lot of progress in achieving its mandate.
Murkomen spoke moments after 217 officers from the Rapid Deployment Unit and a special team comprising medical personnel, mechanics, and a communications team landed in the Caribbean country to back up their colleagues.
The team joined the first contingent of 400 officers, which arrived in Haiti in June 2024.
“The deployment of NPS officers follows the UNSC Resolution 2699, 2023, which authorized a Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti with Kenya as the lead country to support the efforts of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to re-establish security and stability in the Caribbean nation,” Murkomen stated.
