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The UN Security Council has endorsed an international force to support Haiti's police as they battle criminal gangs. Kenya announced in late July that it was ready to take on the lead-nation role and deploy a 1,000-strong force. The United States has offered to provide logistical support but no boots on the ground.

A recent United Nations report from the secretary-general's office said Haiti's multiple crises had grown worse over the past year, with close to 200,000 people internally displaced. Newsday got a view from Kenya from someone opposed to the deployment, Willy Mutunga, former Chief Justice of Kenya and president of the Supreme Court of Kenya. He says: ''The Kenyan people haven't been asked about the issue, and it subverts Kenya's constitution.'' He says he doesn't know if Kenya's intervention will help in Haiti, and he asks: ''Why isn't America going, or Canada? It has nothing to do with the Kenyan people.''

(Picture shows displaced men, women, and children living in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks on September 12, 2023 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Credit Getty Images)