More than two months after the first contingents of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti to head a largely U.S.-funded multinational security force, the Biden administration is exploring the possibility of transitioning to a traditional United Nations peacekeeping operation.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.

The U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.

Kenyan police officers deployed to Haiti are demoralized amid significant challenges plaguing their mission since their arrival, including equipment shortages and pay issues.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pay issues and shortages of equipment and manpower have sapped morale among Kenyan police officers deployed to Haiti and hampered their ability to confront heavily armed gangs, four officers told Reuters.

Some of Kenya’s best-trained officers are on a peacekeeping mission abroad, but bandit-affected communities say they’re urgently needed at home.