Caribbean leaders say they remain committed to Haiti even as funding for Kenya-led security mission remains uncertain.

Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja confirmed the officer’s body will be expatriated back to Kenya, and is expected to arrive in between March 4 and 6.

Inspector General of the National Police Service, Douglas Kanja, has mourned the late Samuel Tompoi as a hero and ambassador who lost his life in the line of duty while defending global peace.

A Kenyan officer attached to the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) was killed by gunshot in Haiti while undertaking a security operation.

Kenya recorded its first casualty in Haiti after a Kenyan police officer succumbed to injuries sustained during an anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince.

NAIROBI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- A Kenyan police officer sent to Haiti to fight gang violence was killed on Sunday during an anti-gang operation north of the Caribbean nation's capital, an official has confirmed.

A Kenyan police officer who was on patrol with the international security force in Haiti has been killed in a confrontation with gang members. The officer, 26-year-old Police Constable Samuel Kitwai, is the first casualty suffered by the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission (MSS).