Kenya has demanded a funding vote of KSh36 billion ($237.55 million) to prepare its 1,000 troops to Haiti in an annual budgetary estimate, indicating the expense the international community must foot to run the Mission initially.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki told parliament this week that the amount will go towards preparations of the troops and buying of equipment. But it excludes any other country that may want to deploy, meaning the actual cost of the Haiti Multinational Security Support mission (MSS) as it is formally known could be higher.
