As gang-ravaged Haiti awaits Kenyan-led int'l force, 'state institutions are on verge of collapse'

The UN-backed Kenyan-led security mission -- in which the United States is providing logistical support, but not boots on the ground -- is supposed to help Haiti's weak, outgunned police force defeat the powerful criminal gangs. There had been speculation that a first contingent of the Kenyan-led force might arrive in the destitute Caribbean nation this week, to coincide with Kenyan President William Ruto's state visit to Washington. Gangs control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as swathes of the country, and have long terroized people with random shootings, kidnappings and sexual violence. As Haiti desperately awaits the first members of a Kenyan-led multinational force tasked with ending the stranglehold of powerful and ultra-violent gangs, FRANCE 24's Genie Godula is joined by Diego Da Rin Consultant, Haiti Expert, International Crisis Group Consultant for Latin America and Caribbean.