IN the months leading up to Kenya's deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted political advisers, security officials and foreign leaders about the high-profile anti-gang mission. He also turned to less conventional counsellors: a circle of Christian evangelical pastors close to him and his wife. The pastors have issued recommendations to Ruto and served as a conduit between Haitian communities and the president, according to interviews with two of the pastors and three Haitian and American evangelical leaders. Spokespeople for President Ruto and his wife, Rachel, did not respond to requests for comment for this story.…