LinkerbaanJun 27, 2024

Haitians wary as Kenyan police arrive on latest US-backed mission

https://lemmy.world/post/16973454

Haitians wary as Kenyan police arrive on latest US-backed mission - Lemmy.World

Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti as part of a US-backed security intervention aiming to rescue the Caribbean country from a criminal insurrection that toppled the prime minister and brought death and chaos to the streets. About 400 members of the Kenya-led multinational police operation stepped off a Kenyan Airways plane at Port-au-Prince’s international airport on Tuesday. The US president, Joe Biden, hailed their arrival as the start of “an effort that will bring much-needed relief to Haitians”.

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Kenya may be a relatively stable democracy in Africa, but there’s still rampant corruption in their police forces. Police officers are typically underpaid, so to supplement their income they’ll do things like set up random checkpoints on roads in order to shakedown drivers for money. Them going to Haiti doesn’t seem like it’s really going to help with anything.
Jun 27, 2024 at 10:38amWeb
Show threadLinkerbaanJun 27, 2024

Rigged “democracy” would be a better description for Kenya

Kenya’s presidential election results lead to accusations of vote-rigging

Kenya’s outgoing Deputy President William Ruto has won a narrow victory in the presidential election over his rival Raila Odinga. However, four of the seven election commissioners have contested the results

Eye on Africa - Kenya's presidential election results lead to accusations of vote-rigging

Kenya's outgoing Deputy President William Ruto has won a narrow victory in the presidential election over his rival Raila Odinga. However, four of the seven election commissioners have contested the results. Also, 49 Ivorian soldiers have been charged as mercenaries in Mali. Ivory Coast contests the claim, saying the troops were sent as reinforcements to a UN peacekeeping mission in the country. And flooding in Sudan has killed more than 50 people and affected at least 8,000 homes. We report on how the country is coping.

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Show threadpaddirnJun 27, 2024
Yeah, they’ve had shitty elections for years now. Odinga has been in like every election and contests it everytime, even causing really bad election violence at one point (2008). This led to them reviving the role of Prime Minister specifically for him to placate Odinga that election. They’ve literally only ever had two prime ministers in their history (President is their head of state), they abolished it again after Odinga’s term was over.