There are enough funds to support police in Haiti – Monica Juma
there are around nearly 900 police and troops from Kenya, El Salvador, Jamaica, Guatemala and Belize. Kenya has deployed 600 police officers.
There are enough finances in the United Nations Trust Fund to support the Kenyan-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, National Security Security advisor to President William Ruto has said.
In a statement, Ambassador Dr. Monica Juma noted that there are adequate finances to support Kenya’s police contingent already deployed in Haiti to eliminate gangs in the Carribean nation.
Related
Kenya establishes diplomatic ties with Haiti ahead of police deployment
Kenyan police officers in Haiti surge past 600
Her statement followed reports that US President Donald Trump has frozen roughly KES1.71 billion in financing as part of a 90-day measure to halt the funding.
According to Dr. Juma, however, the peace mission in Haiti is a priority and that there is approximately Kes14 billion ($110 million) in the trust fund contributed by other nations.
“It is true the U.S. contribution to the UN Trust Fund for MSS Haiti is on pause, affecting about $15 million in support. It is also true that the MSS mission is a priority and a beneficiary of the waiver. Meanwhile, there are sufficient funds in the UN Trust Fund for Haiti from other countries (approximately $110 million) to continue operations,” said Juma in a statement on Wednesday, February 5.
UN secretary-general's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said they had received an official notification from the US to freeze contribution to the MSS mission. “We received an official notification from the US asking for an immediate stop work order on their contribution to the multinational security support force.”
The US has been the biggest financial supporter of the Kenyan-led peace mission in Haiti which was launched in June 2024. It had committed to contribute KES1.9 billion ($15 million) to the mission with KES219 million ($1.7 million) of that already spent.
“The US had committed $15 million to the trust fund; $1.7 million of that had already been spent, so $13.3 million is now frozen,” Dujarric said.
He noted that the UN would wait for further guidance from the US government regarding its contribution.
So far, there are around nearly 900 police and troops from Kenya, El Salvador, Jamaica, Guatemala and Belize. Kenya has deployed 600 police officers. The first contingent of 400 officers was sent in June 2024 with an additional 200 officers being deployed in January 2025.
