Kenya to send more police to Haiti after new gang attacks
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00:00Six hundred Kenyan policemen will be deployed in Haiti within a month.
00:03They are currently training here in Kenya, said Kenya's president William Ruto during
00:07a press conference with Haiti's prime minister.
00:10Ten countries pledged to send 2,900 policemen and soldiers in Haiti to take part in this
00:15multinational security mission in Haiti.
00:19But so far, only Kenya really sent troops on the ground.
00:22Four hundred policemen in June and 600 more will arrive in November.
00:28According to Kenya's president William Ruto, the situation on the ground has improved
00:32since the beginning of the operation.
00:34But it did not prevent the worst massacres in years to occur last week around the city
00:39of Ponsondé.
00:40One hundred and fifteen people were killed by gang members.
00:44According to Haiti's prime minister, Kenyan policemen were quick to react.
00:49They arrived in the city within a few hours and they managed to bring back security around
00:55Ponsondé.
00:56Kenya's president and Haiti's prime minister mostly spoke about security issues.
01:01But they also mentioned the trade and tourism exchanges between the two countries.
01:06They said that bigger investments are needed.
01:09And Kenya's president William Ruto called for more cooperation between the African Union
01:14and Caribbean states that he called Africa's sixth region.