'We want closure': family searches for answers over Kenyan police officer missing in Haiti
Source: The Guardian
‘We want closure’: family searches for answers over Kenyan police officer missing in Haiti
Benedict Kuria was ambushed by suspected gang members in March while serving in security mission
Carlos Mureithi in Kiambu
Sun 6 Jul 2025 08.00 BST
Last modified on Sun 6 Jul 2025 13.44 BST
The relatives of a Kenyan police officer who went missing while working in Haiti have spoken of their anguish and anger at Kenyan authorities over a lack of definitive information about what has happened to him.
Benedict Kuria and some colleagues were ambushed in March by suspected gang members. Haitian media reported that he had died, but Kenya’s police service says a search is continuing.
“We’ve tried many times to get information from the government, but they’ve refused,” said Kuria’s wife, Miriam Watima. “We don’t know what to do any more.”
Hundreds of Kenyan officers have been posted to Haiti as part of a US and UN-backed mission to help police in the Caribbean country get to grips with rampant gang violence. More than a million people have been forced from their homes in a relentless cycle of indiscriminate killings, kidnappings, gang rapes and arson.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/06/kenya-benedict-kabiru-kuria-police-officer-missing-haiti