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The proposed law is among several pieces of legislation up for debate in the September session of the Congolese parliament, which often also discusses budgetary rules this time of the year.

The move by Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda and Burundi now means the 3,000 soldiers who were to leave Somalia by September 29 may stay longer or replaced by an equal number to ensure there are no security gaps in areas the forces leave. But that will depend on funding availability.

Speaking during a press interview after a meeting with the Security Council during the 78ths session of the UN General Assembly in New York, EAC Secretary General Dr Peter Mathuki said the deal will be finalized soon after the Monusco finally withdraw from the DRC by December this year.

“The agreement will also see the two countries collaborate on peace and security efforts within the country and in the region, including the planned deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti,” US Secretary of Defence Lloyd James Austin III said at a press briefing in Nairobi on Monday.

The two sides have been on some form of ceasefire since March 2023, but sporadic violence has often ensued between the M23, and some groups allied to the FARDC.

Then on September 21, 2013, gunmen raided the upmarket Westgate Mall in Nairobi killing at least 67 people, injuring more and prompting a days-long standoff with police.

He said Kenya is ready to lead a multinational security support mission into Haiti and called on the United Nations to urgently deliver the appropriate framework to make it happen.

“It is time for our country to take full control of its destiny and become the main actor in its own stability,” President Felix Tshisekedi told the United Nations General Assembly.

There has been sporadic violence, mostly between government forces and groups that held out on the peace deal.

However, they did not name the vessel seized.