Kenya’s Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki says MPs will have a final say on the government’s plans to deploy about 1,000 police officers to combat criminal gangs in Haiti.
The UN Security Council last week approved the deployment of the Kenyan-led force.
“Article 240 of the constitution requires parliament to approve deployment of security forces to any peacekeeping mission in foreign nations,” Mr Kindiki said on Sunday.
He also tried to allay fears of possible human rights abuses in the deployment of the Kenyan police officers to the Caribbean nation.
Several rights organisations both in Kenya and internationally have expressed criticism of the deployment.
Main opposition leader Raila Odinga has opposed the move, saying the deployment would risk the lives of Kenyan police.