Nairobi, March 14 -- The US says it has increased funding for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, as Kenya again said it was on standby to deploy.

A day after Nairobi said it would delay sending some 1,000 police officers to Haiti following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Washington again sought assurances from Nairobi.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called President William Ruto for the second time in less than a week to discuss the deployment.

"Secretary Blinken briefed me on the decision of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Summit and the US, together with other partners, on the political situation in Haiti," President Ruto said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

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