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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

The body of a Kenyan officer who died in Haiti arrives home for burial

Haiti Security - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The body of a Kenyan police officer who died in Haiti’s U.N.-backed multinational mission to combat violent gangs has been returned home.

The body of Samuel Tompoi Kaetuai was on Monday night received by his family and senior police officers in the capital, Nairobi. The officer died on Feb. 23 after he was fatally shot by gangs in a western region of Haiti. He was the first Kenyan to be killed during the mission, which began deploying in June.

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