{"id":52849,"date":"2025-02-05T15:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/washington-freezes-funding-for-kenya-led-security-mission-in-haiti\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T15:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:55:17","slug":"washington-freezes-funding-for-kenya-led-security-mission-in-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/washington-freezes-funding-for-kenya-led-security-mission-in-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington freezes funding for Kenya-led security mission in Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Powerful gangs, armed with weapons largely trafficked from the United States, have united in the Caribbean country’s capital Port-au-Prince under a common alliance and now control most of the city and are expanding to nearby areas.<\/p>\n

The international security mission, while approved by the UN Security Council, is not a United Nations operation and currently relies on voluntary contributions. The mission has so far made little progress toward helping Haiti restore order.<\/p>\n

There are around nearly 900 police and troops from Kenya, El Salvador, Jamaica, Guatemala and Belize. As at the end of 2024. US$110.3 million had been pledged by several countries, including the USA, Canada, France, Turkey, Spain, Italy, and Algeria.<\/p>\n

$85 million had been received by the Trust Fund, including substantial amounts from the United States.
\n“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,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters. “We received an official notification from the U.S. asking for an immediate stop work order on their contribution.”<\/p>\n

Just hours after taking office on January 20, Trump ordered a 90-day pause so foreign aid contributions could be reviewed to see if they align with his “America First” foreign policy.<\/p>\n

Trump has said that he thinks he will wind down the US Agency for International Development, in what would be a dramatic overhaul of how the world’s largest single donor allocates foreign assistance.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Government Spokesperson, Dr. Isaac Mwaura has dismissed claims that the US funding freeze for the Haiti Multi-National Security Support mission (MSS) will jeopardize the operations as false and lack any factual basis.<\/p>\n

The MSS mission is supported by the UN Trust Fund for Haiti, established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2699 in October 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile a portion of the undisbursed US contribution amounting to $15 million has been temporarily held due to the US presidential directive, the Fund remains well-resourced to support the mission until the end of September 2025,\u201d Mwaura said in a statement.<\/p>\n

According to him, Kenya and its partners remain fully committed to ensuring the mission transitions to a full UN-led operation to guarantee its long-term financial sustainability and security mandate.<\/p>\n

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