President Ruto's visit comes as the Kenya-led multinational mission in Haiti grapples with significant challenges, such as difficulties in fully establishing itself and a shortage of funding. During his visit,

Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said this weekend that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a full UN peacekeeping operation.

The trip by President William Ruto of Kenya came against a bleak backdrop in Haiti, where gangs operate with impunity and the Kenyan peacekeepers remain largely out of sight.