Haiti’s deadly gang wars have claimed yet another Kenyan life in what is fast becoming a graveyard mission for Kenyan police officers deployed in the troubled Caribbean nation. In a shocking ambush on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, a Kenyan officer was slaughtered in cold blood and three armored vehicles torched after a ruthless attack by the infamous Savien gang in the volatile Artibonite region.
The officer vanished around 4:30 pm during a dangerous patrol along the notorious Carrefour Paye-Savien Main Supply Route in Pont-Sonde—an area long regarded as a gangster’s hunting ground.
MSSM spokesperson Jack Ombaka revealed that the officer was inside an armored vehicle belonging to the Haitian National Police (HNP) when it plunged into a carefully engineered death trap—a ditch believed to have been dug by the gang to immobilize the convoy.
Two heavily fortified Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles were immediately deployed from Pont-Sonde to attempt a rescue. But what was meant to be a routine retrieval turned into a bloodbath as heavily armed Savien gang members, already lying in wait, launched a well-planned ambush.
The air was ripped apart by gunfire as the gang overwhelmed the team, eventually setting three armored vehicles ablaze, leaving nothing but charred shells of metal behind. The Kenyan officer was killed on the spot—his death adding to the growing list of Kenyans paying the ultimate price in Haiti’s urban war zones.
This is not the first Kenyan life lost on this high-risk international mission. Just last month, another officer fell victim to the same Savien gang’s reign of terror, sparking fresh outrage back home. The pattern of attacks has ignited national concern, with many questioning the safety, strategy, and justification of sending Kenyan officers to a country where they are being hunted like prey.
“This was never a peacekeeping mission; it’s a death sentence for our men,” a senior officer lamented anonymously. “We are losing our best to a war that is not ours.”
Public pressure is now mounting on the government to reconsider Kenya’s continued involvement in Haiti’s escalating crisis. Families of the fallen officers are demanding answers, while security analysts warn that the mission has morphed into a suicidal deployment, with gangs growing bolder and more coordinated by the day.
Kenyans are left wondering—how many more must die before the leadership pulls the plug on a mission that is fast turning into an international disaster for the country.
The government is yet to issue an official statement as the nation waits, angry and anxious, for action.
