Kenya is gearing up to send four police specialists to South Sudan as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, hours after reports of an alleged arrest of the country's vice president. According to a statement from the National Police Service (NPS), the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, briefed the four officers to be deployed with the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). UNMISS is a peacekeeping operation established in July 2011 to support the world's youngest nation, South Sudan, after it gained independence from Sudan.
The mission on Monday issued a warning of full-blown civil wars. NPS said the four Kenyan officers are drawn from Kenya Police Service (KPS), Administration Police Service (APS), and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and are expected to serve within the mission for 12 months.
The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, at a meeting with British High Commissioner to Kenya, Neil Wigan, at his Jogoo House "A" office, Friday, February 28, 2025.
Photo NPS According to the NPS, the four will be part of a specialised police team that has an anti-cattle raiding component. "Their mission is to undertake specialised duties in support of peacekeeping efforts, aligning with international policing standards," reads part of the statement from NPS.
