Nairobi, March 7 -- The current volatile situation in Haiti has raised questions on whether Kenyan police officers set to be deployed in the gang controlled Caribbean country will be able to restore order.

The government has remained tight-lipped on the deployment three months after Parliament approved it.

Already, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the deteriorating security situation could get out of hand if the international community does not act.

On Wednesday, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier alias Barbecue, a former police officer, allegedly issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Ariel Henry to step down.

Mr Guterres has indicted that Mr Henry's whereabouts after he left Kenya, where he signe...