The National Police Service (NPS) has confirmed the death of a Kenyan police officer who went missing in Haiti while serving under the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM).
NPS spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said in a statement on Thursday that the officer was reported missing on March 26, 2025, a day after an ambush on the Carrefour Paye-Savien main supply route in the Pont-Sonde area of Artibonite Département.
“The service promptly informed his family, and a joint search and rescue operation was launched by MSSM in collaboration with the Haitian National Police,” Nyaga said.
He added that in a tragic turn of events, the NPS has since received information confirming the officer’s death. His family has been notified, and further updates will be issued in due course.
“In tragic turn of events, the National Police Service (NPS) received information regarding the death of the missing police officer, and the family has been notified,” Muchiri said.
The confirmation comes days after the officer’s family raised concerns over a lack of information about their kin.
Meanwhile, the NPS also announced that the body of Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve, who died in a road accident on September 1, 2025, will arrive in Nairobi on September 26, 2025.
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