Kenyan high court temporarily stops deployment of police in Haiti

On Monday, a Nairobi court stopped on a temporary basis the planned deployment of police officers to Haiti for a peacekeeping mission.  teleSUR

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00:00 On Monday, an aerobic corps stopped on a temporary basis the planned deployment of police officers

00:05 to Haiti for a peacekeeping mission.

00:07 Justices Chacha and Huita stopped the deployment until a case filed by Third Way Alliance is

00:12 heard.

00:13 The judge also ordered that the pleadings be served on the respondents immediately and

00:17 that the respondents file responses to the petition within three days after service.

00:22 The Third Way Alliance party leader, Ekuru Awkot, sued President William Ruto and his

00:26 administration in a bid to block the peacekeeping mission that will see the deployment of at

00:31 least 1,000 police officers to the Caribbean nation.

00:34 Awkot said that Kenya's bid to lead a UN-approved force in Haiti is in gross violation of the

00:39 constitution.

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