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Ian Wafula
Africa security correspondent, BBC News, Nairobi
Chad's government has announced that it would provide free water and electricity for households until the end of the year. The Kenyan government has vowed to go on with the deployment of hundreds of police officers to Haiti despite the escalating gang violence in the Caribbean country.
The monthly household consumption payable by the government is capped at 15 cubic metres (15,000 litres) of water and 300 kWh of electricity. Kenya's Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki on Monday said the mission to send about 1,000 police officers to Haiti was in the pre-deployment stage.
The government on Monday said it would also clear water and electricity bills for residents with outstanding arrears. Mr Kindiki also said that laws and enforcement measures, like detention and arrests, have been finalised.
It also announced a cut in transport taxes that could lower transport costs, which hiked last month with a rise in fuel prices. The Kenyan government has addressed all issues raised in court that had blocked the deployment, the minister added.
Chad's junta leader and interim President Mahamat Déby sanctioned the policy "to assist households", a joint statement by the presidency and finance minister said. The
Some Chadians perceive the move as Mr Déby's attempt to endear to voters. exact date on which the officers will leave
He will be vying for the presidency when Chad holds elections between May and June. the country remains unknown.
Some residents also say that the move is meaningless as several parts in the capital, N'Djamena, have faced a power outage for the past two weeks. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned following weeks of mounting chaos by gangs demanding for his removal.
But some Chadians have welcomed the measure as a much-needed relief to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Mr Henry had been in Kenya to sign a deal on the deployment of an international security force to help tackle violence when a coalition of gangs attacked police stations and stormed two of Haiti's largest prisons.
A plane carrying Mr Henry was stopped from landing following sustained attacks at Haiti's international airport.
US Secretary of State Blinken has committed a further $100m (£78m) to the 1,000-strong UN-backed security force Kenya is expected to lead in Haiti.
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