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In a dramatic and unexpected twist, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs boss Musalia Mudavadi has dropped a political bombshell — the government is fast-tracking a high-stakes agreement with the Dominican Republic to secure emergency lifelines for Kenyan police officers stranded in the chaos of Haiti.
The explosive revelation follows Mudavadi’s return from the United States and precedes a critical diplomatic mission to Santo Domingo, scheduled for May 11–13, where he’s set to ink a lifesaving memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Caribbean nation. The deal is aimed at addressing what many are calling a humanitarian crisis for Kenyan forces trapped in a worsening war zone.
According to an urgent communique from his office, the pact will unlock medical evacuations, the repatriation of the wounded, and the transport of fallen heroes from the volatile streets of Port-au-Prince through Dominican territory — a move critics say is long overdue.
Why the rush?
Reports from the front lines are harrowing. Kenyan officers deployed under the UN-backed Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission are being left without access to proper healthcare. Hospitals in Haiti are collapsing under pressure, and basic medical treatment is now a gamble.
One Kenyan officer was seriously injured in March during a security sweep in the gang-ridden Kenscoff area, with his survival hanging by a thread due to poor medical infrastructure.
Even more alarming, at least two officers have reportedly died since deployment began, while others nurse wounds and trauma without adequate protective gear or logistical support. Field sources told Reuters in April that some injuries could have been prevented, were it not for malfunctioning equipment and insufficient armor.
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
Kenya currently has nearly 1,000 boots on the ground in Haiti, facing off against heavily armed gangs — with rising fears that the mission could spiral further into a death trap if support systems aren’t reinforced.
But Mudavadi isn’t just pushing for medical lifelines. He’s also planning to seal a strategic alliance between Kenya’s Foreign Service Academy and the Dominican Republic’s top diplomatic institute, creating new training and diplomatic corridors between Africa and the Caribbean.
And in Washington?
The Prime Cabinet Secretary secured a diplomatic nod from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who reaffirmed America’s backing for Kenya’s controversial leadership of the Haiti mission — and broader peace initiatives across the region.
With Mudavadi’s diplomatic tour gaining momentum, all eyes now turn to Santo Domingo — where Kenya’s desperate bid to save its men and women in uniform could either turn the tide of the Haiti mission or expose even deeper cracks in a dangerous geopolitical gamble.
