UN and Haitian officials mark one year since Kenyan police arrived to support security efforts

A year after the arrival of the first Kenyan police contingent in Haiti, top Haitian and United Nations officials gathered in Port-au-Prince on Thursday to commemorate the milestone and reaffirm their commitment to restoring peace in the gang-ravaged Caribbean nation.

The 800 Kenyan police officers are deployed under the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), a U.N.-backed initiative aimed at helping Haiti’s overwhelmed national…