The Deputy Inspector General of the Administration Police Service, Gilbert Masengeli, has paid a visit to the Kenyan troop in Haiti as the team draws down operations in the Caribbean Country.

In a statement by the National Police Service on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Masengeli, who arrived in Haiti on Monday, April 20, 2026, was taken through the activities and operations of the MSS and the ongoing gradual drawdown.

His visit comes as the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission draws down and transitions to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF).

“The Deputy Inspector General of the Administration Police Service (DIG-APS), Mr. Gilbert Masengeli, yesterday, 20th April 2026, visited Kenyan officers serving under the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, which is drawing down its operations in Haiti and transitioning to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) following United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 2793 (2025),” NPS stated.

Masengeli was received by the MSS Contingent Commander, Godfrey Otunge, SAIG; the US Chargé d’Affaires in Haiti, David Howell; Kenya’s Consular General for Haiti, Noor Gabow; and Kenya’s Deputy Ambassador to the US, Robert Wasike.

In a brief ceremony at the MSS Operational Base, Masengeli was taken through the activities and operations of the MSS and the ongoing gradual drawdown, including the successes achieved so far and the pacification and stabilisation that the Kenya-led mission has accomplished.

In addition, Masengeli paid glowing tribute to the Kenyan officers who have been in Haiti for close to two years while passing a message of goodwill from the Inspector General of the National Police Service (IG-NPS), Douglas Kanja, and the people of Kenya.

At the same time, the National Police Service confirmed that later, 150 officers left Haiti as the drawdown continued.

Chad troops to Haiti

Meanwhile, the first foreign troops from a new United Nations-backed force have arrived in Haiti in an effort to combat escalating levels of gang violence in the Caribbean country.

In a bid to restore peace in the Caribbean nation, the United Nations Security Council on October 2, 2023, authorised the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti. Kenya was designated to lead the MSS, with support from Guatemala, El Salvador, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Canada.

On September 30, 2024, the Security Council reviewed the resolution 2699 (2023), by prolonging the MSS mandate for one year and boosting personnel from 1000 to 2500. 

Come October 2025, the UN security body upgraded the mission to a Gang Suppression Force (GSF), to have a maximum of 5,500 uniformed personnel, including police officers and soldiers, serving for an initial period of 12 months. This would bring an end to the MSS mission, where Kenya’s Godfrey Otunge served as the force commander.