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

Prince, Haiti, 100 days after flagging off the Kenyan police contingent of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) to the Caribbean country . State House said Ruto was in Haiti to assess the progress of the MSS mission,

Kenyan President William Ruto has landed in the Haitian capital to assess a Kenya-led security mission in the Caribbean nation, a day after a United Nations expert warned that Haiti faced deepening violence and insecurity.

President William Ruto of Kenya will visit Haiti on Saturday morning and will receive a formal diplomatic welcome, the Haitian government said on Friday.

State House said Ruto was in Haiti to assess the progress of the MSS mission, visit and commend the Kenyan contingent working alongside their Haitian counterparts and meet with the Transitional Presidential Council, led by Edgard LeBlanc, as well as members of the Haitian Cabinet.

President William Ruto of Kenya is expected in Haiti for a brief visit on Saturday, September 21, morning. According to The Gazette and The Daily Item, Haitian government said Friday, September 20, that President Ruto of Kenya will receive a formal diplomatic welcome.

President William Ruto is expected to make a visit to Port-au-Prince in Haiti to interact with Kenyan police officers deployed there  for a UN-backed mission to fight criminal gangs there.  Ruto left Kenya on the night of Friday,

Kenyan President William Ruto has arrived in Haiti as the United Nations grapples with how to best support a peacekeeping mission of resource-strapped Kenyan and Jamaican forces