Relationship dossier
Haiti
Kenya
Relationship assessment
Cooperation centered on Kenya-led international security support for Haiti
Haiti toward Kenya
+35Haiti's government sought international security support and welcomed Kenya's offer to lead the Multinational Security Support Mission, enabling Kenya's police deployment to Haiti.
Kenya toward Haiti
+40Kenya offered to lead the Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti and deployed police to support security efforts there.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship's principal known feature is cooperation around Kenya's leadership and deployment of police for an international security mission supporting Haiti. This is substantive but focused cooperation; the breadth and durability of wider bilateral ties are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Haiti and Kenya have cooperated on international security support for Haiti. Haiti sought an international police mission and welcomed Kenya's offer to lead it; Kenya subsequently deployed police as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission. The relationship's most consequential known cooperation is focused on Haiti's security crisis, while the scope of broader bilateral engagement is unclear.
Key developments
Haiti sought an international security mission, and Kenya offered to lead it.
Kenyan police began deploying to Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond the security mission is unclear.
- The mission's longer-term implementation and the extent of continued bilateral coordination are uncertain.