Kenyan police officers leading the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti are protesting what they term as 'abandonment' in the most volatile areas of the troubled Caribbean nation.
The officer who spoke to Agencia EFE, which is one of the largest news agencies globally, said that they are being marginalised by their counterparts from other contributing nations.
These counterparts have left the Kenyan officers to confront the formidable gangs while they themselves engage in comparatively less demanding responsibilities. An officer who spoke to the local media stated that despite the call for a unified pursuit against the gangs, they have been left to pursue the gangs' volatile areas on their own, as other troops do lighter duties such as securing buildings and medical evacuations. ''We are the only ones dealing with the bandits, while police officers from other countries are responsible for securing buildings or evacuating the wounded,'' a Kenyan police officer told Agencia EFE.
A photo of an officer from the controversial Security of Protected Areas Brigade (BSAP) force from Haiti.
