- This comes after Ruto’s plan to deploy police to Haiti suffered a blow after a court stopped the mission.
- The government plans to appeal the High Court’s verdict.
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The Azimio coalition has fired a warning to some foreign states for interfering with Kenya's internal affairs.
Addressing the media on Tuesday, Narc Kenya Party leader Martha Karua called out the United States for supporting the government in its move to deploy police officers to Haiti.
"We take note of the support expressed by the US government for President William Ruto's regime to appeal against the ruling on the deployment of police to Haiti. We hope that all parties shall respect the independence of the Judiciary and that foreign interests will keep off our national affairs," Karua said.
Karua said that Azimio stands for the rule of law and will continue supporting the petitioners in the public interests litigation cases.
"We demand that the Kenya Kwanza regime must keep its hands off the Judiciary," she said.
This comes after Ruto’s plan to deploy police to Haiti suffered a blow after a court stopped the mission.
High Court judge Justice Chacha Mwita said the National Security Council, which includes the President, does not have the power to deploy regular police outside of the country.
Mwita made the ruling following an application made by Thirdway Alliance Party leader Ekuru Aukot who wanted the court to block the deployment stating that it was illegal.
"To be clear, Article 240 does not mandate the Council to deploy police officers outside Kenya. Deployment should be as provided for in part 14 of the Act and only to a reciprocating country," he ruled.
"It is not contested that there is no reciprocal arrangement between Kenya and Haiti and for that reason, there can be no deployment of police to that country."
However, on Monday, the US said it supports ongoing international efforts to deploy a Multinational Security Support mission for Haiti.
The US acknowledged the ruling by the High Court regarding the deployment of Kenyan police in support of the Multinational Security Support mission to Haiti and the government’s stated intent to challenge this ruling.
“We reaffirm our support of ongoing international efforts to deploy a Multinational Security Support mission for Haiti, as requested by Haiti and authorised by UN Security Council Resolution 2699, and renew our calls for the international community to urgently provide support for this mission," the statement read.
The government plans to appeal the High Court’s verdict.