Previous missions in Haiti have left behind slain civilians, a deadly cholera outbreak, and a sexual abuse scandal, for which reparations were never made.
But even as uniformed Kenyan police disembarked from a Kenya Airways plane with weapons in hand in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, police back in Nairobi opened fire on anti-tax hike demonstrators trying to storm the parliament, killing some of them.
Almost 580,000 people in Haiti are internally displaced - around 5 per cent of the Caribbean country's entire population.
The cabinet trims the number of ministers while replacing all who served in former Prime Minister Ariel Henry's cabinet.
A group of armed men working under gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier ambushed a patrol from the police's anti-gang unit in the Delmas 18 neighbourhood on Sunday and set it on fire.
The hurricane season, which traditionally begins in June and runs through November, is forecast to be severe this year.
President Ruto stated that all necessary legal and international protocols had been adhered to.
The transition council voted 6-1 to install Conille as interim prime minister.
A Kenyan delegation, comprising officials including the force commander of the enforcement mission, landed in Haiti aboard a Sunrise Airways flight on Monday afternoon ahead of Ruto's meeting with US President Joe Biden.
The High Court had previously blocked the deployment in January, citing the lack of a reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti.
Gang violence escalated on February 29 when unelected PM Ariel Henry travelled to Kenya to fast-track a support mission.
The council is expected to choose a leader and a prime minister and wield certain presidential powers by majority vote. Its mandate runs to February 2026.
The Presidential Transition Council was formed on Friday following intense consultations by the leadership of the Caribbean Community member states.
The formation of the council is also a first step toward holding a presidential election by early 2026.
The accord establishes a nine-member council -- seven voting members and two observers -- representing political parties, the private sector and civil society, that will pave the way for presidential elections by early 2026.
The report calls for tighter national and international controls to stem weapons and ammunition trafficking into Haiti and reiterates the need for the urgent deployment of a multinational security support (MSS) mission to back up the police force.
Around 1,100 French citizens live in Haiti, many of them holding dual nationalities.
Harrowing scenes played out as the tiny, Caribbean country continued to wait for the establishment of a promised transitional government meant to restore stability.
Jimmy Cherizier, the powerful Haitian gang leader known as "Barbecue" said his coalition of armed groups "do not care about Ariel Henry's resignation."
