Kenya: Governor impeached for constitutional violation, while, as Dr. Renaud denounces, the MSS commander promotes unconstitutional actions in Haiti

Kenya: Governor impeached for constitutional violation, while, as Dr. Renaud denounces, the MSS commander promotes unconstitutional actions in Haiti

On Thursday, June 26, 2025, the County Assembly of Isiolo in Kenya voted to impeach Governor Abdi Ibrahim Guyo for serious violations of the Constitution. The charges brought against him include abuse of office, the illegal appointment of 36 advisers when only four were permitted, and irregularities in the management of public projects.

Despite a prior court order suspending the proceedings, local lawmakers went ahead with the vote without granting the governor the opportunity to defend himself, in blatant violation of Article 50 of the Kenyan Constitution, which guarantees every citizen the right to a fair hearing. This constitutional rigor sharply contrasts with the actions of Kenyan officials operating abroad.

Thousands of kilometers away, in Haiti—where Kenyan troops are engaged in a delegated security mission—the Kenyan general in command of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) force publicly declared that his troops would be deployed to ensure the holding of a constitutional referendum and national elections. Such a statement, made without institutional consultation, amounts, according to Dr. Josué Renaud of the New England Human Rights Organization (NEHRO), “to direct interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state since 1804, long before Kenya’s independence.” Moreover, the proposed referendum directly violates Article 284 of the 1987 Haitian Constitution, which prohibits any constitutional revision by referendum.

« On the one hand, a Kenyan governor is sanctioned for breaching his country’s Constitution. On the other, a Kenyan officer operates in Haiti with troubling freedom, openly supporting an initiative that is illegal under Haitian law. How can such a double standard not only be tolerated but normalized? Why is what is deemed unacceptable in Nairobi implemented with impunity in Port-au-Prince under the pretext of international assistance? » asks Dr. Renaud. He further described as « puzzling » the recent statement by the coordinator of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), Mr. Fritz Alphonse Jean, who claimed the MSS had been a « success » after one year in operation.

Dr. Renaud also directed strong criticism at the head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), whom he considers unable to acknowledge her failure in the face of the growing number of “lost territories” and the alarming rise in internally displaced persons.

This stark contrast between Kenya’s domestic institutional discipline and its permissive foreign posture in Haiti reveals not only a deep moral inconsistency, but also a troubling instrumentalization of international security cooperation. When constitutional norms justify sanctions in one country and are ignored in another under the guise of crisis response, it creates a tacit hierarchy between states that violates the principle of sovereign equality. As Dr. Josué Renaud reminds us, Haiti is not a territory to be managed—it is a Republic that deserves respect, legal consistency, and solidarity within the boundaries of international law. If the MSS wishes to restore its credibility, it must reorient itself not as an enforcer of a disputed political agenda, but as a temporary force in service of a legitimate order defined by Haitians themselves.

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