Monday, November 11, 2024 - Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille has been fired barely a month after visiting Kenya for talks with President William Ruto.
This development has jeopardized Kenya's mission in Haiti, as Garry was among the few Haitians who supported the Kenyan police presence despite their slow progress on the ground.
Garry Conille was fired on
Sunday following a political power struggle that has plagued the war-stricken
nation since gangs took over.
Conille, who was greenlit to
lead the nation as prime minister in an interim capacity in May, was
fired by the country’s election council.
According to the official notice
published in Le Moniteur, the country's Gazette, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, an
entrepreneur who owns a chain of dry cleaners and a former Senate candidate was
selected by the transition council to replace Conille. The reasons for his
firing, however, remain a mystery.
Didier Fils-Aimé is also the
former president of Haiti’s Chamber of Commerce.
On October 10, Conille landed in
Kenya for talks with President William Ruto following the deaths of over 70
people at the hands of the gangs in Central Haiti.
This situation eerily
mirrors Ariel Henry’s exit from office after he visited Kenya early this
year in February.
Even before he left the country,
there were already talks of him being blocked from re-entering Haiti after his
visit, forcing him to dock in the neighbouring Puerto Rico for a while.
On March 12, Henry handed in his
resignation following a crisis meeting between the 15-member Caribbean
Community regional bloc known as CARICOM.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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