STORY: AMISOM builds leadership capacity of young

Somali leaders in post-conflict era

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DATELINE: 12-17/NOVEMBER/2018, KAMPALA, UGANDA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Somali leaders taking part during the Somali flag raising ceremony
2. Med shot, police officer getting the flag ready
3. Wide shot, somali leaders singing the national anthem
4. Med shot, flags
5. Wide shot, somali leaders singing the national anthem
6. Wide shot,somali leaders taking part in the leadership training
7. Med shot, Somali leaders taking part in the leadership training
8. Close up shot, Mr. Paul Odauk, the chief facilitator during the training
9. Med shot, Somali leaders listening during the training
10. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) HAJJI SSEBIRUMBI KISINZIGGO, THE AMISOM SENIOR
POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
“Somalia requires to be mobilised, because of the internal conflicts that they
have, because of the conflict they have had, because of the mistrust they have
had between the people and the Government, the mistrust they have had
between the Government and some elements of the leadership. So, these all
need to come together so that they can build a society that is united and
understanding of the common good and the vision where the country is moving,”

11. Wide shot, somali leaders taking part in the leadership training
12. Close up shot, somali leader listening during the training
13. Med shot, Abdulkadir Shire Farah, the Vice Chairman National Commission for
Mobilisation and Sensitisation the Federal Government of Somalia addressing
participants during the training
14. Close up shot, Abdulkadir Shire Farah, the Vice Chairman National Commission
for Mobilisation and Sensitisation the Federal Government of Somalia addressing
participants during the training
15. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MR. PAUL ODAUK, CHIEF FACILITATOR AND DEPUTY
PRINCIPAL OF THE NATIONAL FARMERS LEADERSHIP CENTRE
“The purpose was to further deepen and broaden the understanding of the
young Somali leaders, of the process of nation building especially in a post-
conflict context like Somalia. The unique advantage is that Uganda has had a
 similar experience where we went through extended times of conflict and
underwent a process of reconstruction, post-conflict reconciliation and re-
stabilisation up to where we are now”.

16. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ABDULKADIR SHIRE FARAH, THE VICE CHAIRMAN

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MOBILISATION AND SENSITISATION OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA
“We are grateful and happy to have participated in this training. We have
learnt a lot. It’s been very revealing”.

17. Wide shot, Somali leaders walking away from the training venue
18. Med shot, somali leaders visiting, Jacob Oulanyah, the deputy speaker of
Uganda’s parliament
19. Close up shot, Uganda's deputy speaker of parliament listening
20. Med shot, young Somali leaders listening
21. Med shot, Somali leaders listening
22. Close up shot, Somali leaders listening
23. Med shot, Deputy speaker of uganda’s parliament addressing the leaders
24. Med shot, Somali leaders listening
25. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) SIMON MULONGO, THE DEPUTY SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
(DSRCC) FOR SOMALIA
“Even if we have completed a number of key areas militarily, in terms of
capturing and degrading al-shabaab, there is still critical important elements
particularly political ones, to be able to anchor the achievements so far made.
And so when these teams come to study, to understudy what other countries
have done, it enables them not only to rebuild the country (Somalia) politically,
but also to rally the country along a common ideological thinking. And this is very
important because it helps to detoxicate the population with the misleading
messages and lies by the al-Shabaab”.

26. Wide shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
27. Med shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
28. Wide shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
29. Med shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
30. Wide shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
31. Close up shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
32. Med shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
33. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) BRIG. GEN. DAVID KASURA KYOMUKAMA, DIRECTOR
OF THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
“I am very glad to be part of the renewing and re-awakening of leadership by
training young people within Somalia. And I am willing and I am really humbled
and glad to be part of the effort”.

34. Wide shot, military officials and Somali leaders taking part in a lecture
35. Close up shot, facilitator speaking during the lecture
36. Wide shot, military officials and Somali leaders listening during the lecture
37. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) BRIG. HENRY MATSIKO, THE CHIEF POLITICAL
COMMISSAR OF THE UPDF
“The issues of Africa which we talk about are common. We all have a common
destiny as Africans, we have the same interests to struggle and defend. So it was
good. I really have been grateful to whoever organised this.”

38. Wide shot, military officials and Somali leaders interacting outside after the
lecture
39. Med shot, military officials and Somali leaders interacting outside after the
lecture
40. Med shot, military officials and Somali leaders interacting outside after the
lecture

STORY

AMISOM builds leadership capacity of young Somali leaders in post-conflict era

KAMPALA - A group of Somali leaders have benefitted from an intensive five-day

leadership skills development course, aimed at improving their competencies in
leadership.

The course, held at the National Farmers Leadership Centre in Mpigi district, in
Uganda, familiarized the participants who are members of the Somali National
Commission on Mobilization and Sensitization - a statutory agency mandated to
mobilize Somali publics to support state programmes and institutions - with the
principle aspects of leadership, needed to carry out their duties.

“Somalia requires mobilization for various reasons. It is a country with several

internal conflicts, there are several internal conflicts, the relations between the
government and the people is characterized by mistrust,” explained the co-
convener of the training workshop and AMISOM’s Senior Political Affairs Officer,
Mr. Hajji Ssebirumbi.

Over the five-day course which ended on Friday, participants interacted with
various leaders, among them the Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, the Deputy Speaker of
Ugandan Parliament, who delivered a lecture on post-conflict management and
reconciliation. Speaker Oulanyah advised the Somali leaders to draw lessons
from Uganda’s turbulent past, to enable them achieve their goals. The training
was a follow-up to a leadership skills development workshop, held in Mogadishu
in August 2018.

“It provided a deeper and broader understanding of the young Somali leaders, of
the process of nation building especially in a post-conflict context like Somalia,”
noted the chief facilitator Paul Odauk, who added that Uganda bore uniquely
similar experiences with Somalia, due to the extended period of conflict both
countries experienced, and the process of post conflict reconstruction,
reconciliation and re-stabilization.

The training of members of the National Commission on Mobilization and

Sensitization, is in line with the AU Mission’s Transition Plan, which emphasizes
capacity building of institutions of the Federal Government of Somalia, and is
expected to help the officers build rapport with local Somali communities, as
they embark on activities to promote reconciliation.

Additionally, the training was aimed at equipping the commission’s members

with skills to effectively carry out the agency’s mandate, as it supports the
objectives of the government.

The deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union

Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Mr. Simon Mulongo, addressed the participants
during the course of the training. He welcomed the objectives of the workshop,
saying it would enhance efforts to stabilize and reconstruct Somalia.

“Even if we have completed a number of key areas militarily, in terms of capturing

and degrading Al-shabaab, there are still critical important elements, particularly
political ones, to be able to anchor the achievements made so far,” Mulongo
stated.

He said such training enabled the participants “to not only rebuild their country
(Somalia) politically, but also to rally the country along a common ideological
thinking”.

“And this is very important because it helps to detoxicate the population with the
misleading messages and lies by Al-Shabaab,” added the deputy head of AMISOM.

The five-day training took the form of classroom lectures, field visits and
familiarization tours of Uganda village-level local council administrations, district
councils and government institutions.

The Somali delegation which was led by the deputy Commissioner of the National
Commission on Mobilization and Sensitization Mr. Abdullahi Shire Farah, also
visited the Uganda Parliament, the National Secretariat of Patriotism under the
Office of the President and the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi
district.

“We are grateful and happy to have participated in this training. It’s been very
revealing,” Mr. Farah said.

END