President William Ruto, his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, former minister Kiraitu Murungi and Meru County governor Kawira Mwangaza among other leaders in Meru yesterday.
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- These include Engineers, Surveyors, Architects, Masons, Carpenters, among others, as well as manufacturers of building materials like cement and hardware products.
- As the president spoke in Meru where he was accompanied by several leaders, among them his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, the Government Spokesman Dr Isaac Maigua Mwaura issued a press statement reiterating the same.
- “The government takes note of the High Court ruling regarding the deployment of the Kenya Police to help in the Multi-National Security Support (MSS) for the restoration of law and order in Haiti. While the government respects the rule of law, we have however made the decision to challenge the High Court verdict forthwith,” the statement signed by Dr Mwaura read in part.
The government will be moving to the Court of Appeal to challenge the orders stopping the planned deployment of police officers to Haiti for a peace keeping mission.
President William Ruto said his administration will challenge the High Court ruling delivered yesterday which termed the move as illegal.
Speaking in Mutuati area in Meru County, the Head of State Noted that his government would respect the court’s decision and at the same time challenge that ruling.
“We respect the court’s verdict and we will be appealing the ruling. We will initiate plans of constitutionalising the Housing initiative so that we can create employment for our youth,” the President said.
He added that his administration had a plan of ensuring at least 300,000 people secured employment through the housing program by the end of this year as he mentioned some of the business enterprises and professionals who are set to benefit.
These include Engineers, Surveyors, Architects, Masons, Carpenters, among others, as well as manufacturers of building materials like cement and hardware products.
As the president spoke in Meru where he was accompanied by several leaders, among them his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, the Government Spokesman Dr Isaac Maigua Mwaura issued a press statement reiterating the same.
“The government takes note of the High Court ruling regarding the deployment of the Kenya Police to help in the Multi-National Security Support (MSS) for the restoration of law and order in Haiti. While the government respects the rule of law, we have however made the decision to challenge the High Court verdict forthwith,” the statement signed by Dr Mwaura read in part.
In the statement, Dr Mwaura further noted that Kenya has an outstanding track record of contributing to peace keeping missions internationally in various countries such as South Sudan, Namibia, Croatia, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Sierra Leone.
Dr Mwaura concluded his statement by stating, “the government reiterates its commitment in honouring its international obligations as a member of the community and comity of nations,”.
In a ruling delivered yesterday, Justice Chacha Mwita said the National Security Council has no mandate to deploy police officers to another country.
He ssid any decision by any state organ or state officer to deploy police officers to Haiti contravenes the constitution and the law and is therefore unconstitutional, illegal and invalid.
“An order is hereby issued prohibiting deployment of police forces to Haiti or any other country,” he ruled.
The National Security Council, in October last year, petitioned Parliament to approve the deployment of Kenyan police officers on a UN-backed security mission to war-torn Haiti. The National Assembly has since approved the deployment.
On its part, the National Security Council already okayed the proposed deployment but in line with Article 240 (8) of the Constitution, Parliament had to approve any deployment of national security forces outside the country.
Article 240 (8) stipulates: “The Council may, with the approval of Parliament, (a) deploy national forces outside Kenya for (i) regional or international peace support operations; or (ii) other support operations; (b) approve the deployment of foreign forces in Kenya.”
The approval by Parliament came amid a High Court order temporarily blocking the planned deployment pending the hearing of a petition filed by Third-way Alliance Kenya leader Ekuru Aukot and two other petitioners.
In the petition, Dr Aukot argues that the Constitution does not envisage the deployment of the police service outside Kenya, adding that deployment of police officers or the forces outside Kenya is a matter of great public interest and importance and can only be done in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.
Kenya has pledged to deploy 1,000 security personnel for the mission seeking to combat a decades-long gang violence characterized by widespread murders, kidnappings and extortion.
The UN Security Council gave the go-ahead in early October for the deployment of a multi-national security support mission, led by Kenya, to help the overwhelmed Haitian police.
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