AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL KENYA RESPONDS TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL’S DECISION TO DEPLOY INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCES TO HAITI  LED BY KENYAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 

By Irũngũ Houghton

Amnesty International has written to the UN Security Council with deep concerns that Kenyan law enforcement officers may soon be deployed to support the Haitian National Police to address insecurity caused by gang violence. The Amnesty International Representative at the United Nations argues that the current Kenyan police human rights record and the excessive use of force against protestors over the last three months requires assurance that the deployment of foreign security forces prevent the unlawful use of force and clear measures to against sexual exploitation and abuse.

A delegation of Ukrainian leaders was in Nairobi this week. Listening to their experiences over the last nine months, I wondered whether we had become too numbed by our own experiences as a continent to care enough.