16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
a result of that, the UN Security Council passed a resolution on 2nd October 2023 which approved the deployment of UN troops and police officers to stabilise the situation in Haiti. Hon. Deputy Speaker, every UN resolution which deploys peacekeeping has a police component. Under Chapter 6 and 7 of the UN Charter, it has the powers to deploy peacekeeping forces that includes police component. In this particular case, the Republic of Kenya has been requested by the UN to deploy officers of the National Police Service to the multinational security support mission to Haiti. We are obliged to deploy ...
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16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
a result of that, the UN Security Council passed a resolution on 2nd October 2023 which approved the deployment of UN troops and police officers to stabilise the situation in Haiti. Hon. Deputy Speaker, every UN resolution which deploys peacekeeping has a police component. Under Chapter 6 and 7 of the UN Charter, it has the powers to deploy peacekeeping forces that includes police component. In this particular case, the Republic of Kenya has been requested by the UN to deploy officers of the National Police Service to the multinational security support mission to Haiti. We are obliged to deploy ...
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16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is a lot of commotion here. We cannot engage in a proper debate.
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16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is a lot of commotion here. We cannot engage in a proper debate.
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16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the information of this House, this is not the first time Kenya will deploy police officers internationally in peacekeeping mission. We have deployed them more than 15 times. I served in a number of peacekeeping missions. We deployed officers in East Timor which did not have a government at that time. It had collapsed. The UN deployed peacekeeping forces and ran that country until it became independent. We had police officers. We had also deployed police officers in Namibia, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Angola. At the moment, we have police officers ...
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16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the information of this House, this is not the first time Kenya will deploy police officers internationally in peacekeeping mission. We have deployed them more than 15 times. I served in a number of peacekeeping missions. We deployed officers in East Timor which did not have a government at that time. It had collapsed. The UN deployed peacekeeping forces and ran that country until it became independent. We had police officers. We had also deployed police officers in Namibia, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Angola. At the moment, we have police officers ...
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16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Our forces have been in place. Therefore, what we are doing is deploying police officers to support UN resolution to keep peace in Haiti. We need to support the people of Haiti. We need to be part of the solution of the problem in Haiti.
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16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Our forces have been in place. Therefore, what we are doing is deploying police officers to support UN resolution to keep peace in Haiti. We need to support the people of Haiti. We need to be part of the solution of the problem in Haiti.
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8 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to join Members in supporting the Committee’s recommendations on the nominees. As a Member of the Committee, I want to say that this was one of the most arduous vetting exercises that we have ever undertaken. I speak from experience having been in this Committee for four terms now.
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8 Nov 2023 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to join Members in supporting the Committee’s recommendations on the nominees. As a Member of the Committee, I want to say that this was one of the most arduous vetting exercises that we have ever undertaken. I speak from experience having been in this Committee for four terms now.
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