STORY: Third group of AU police officers leave Somalia at

the end of their tour of duty

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DATELINE: 26/JANUARY, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Sierra
leone, Uganda and Zambia assemble for a medal ceremony
2. Med shot, Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner and senior
AMISOM police officers attending the ceremony
3. Wide shot, officers waiting to be awarded medals
4. Wide shot, SP Freeman Tete, AMISOM Police Public Information Officer (PIO)
speaking at the event
5. Close up shot, a police officer listening
6. Med shot, Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner listening
7. Wide shot, officers listening
8. Close up shot, officers listening to Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police
Commissioner
9. Wide shot, officers listening to Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police
Commissioner
10. Close up shot, officers listening
11. Med shot, officers listening
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner
“We know what is happening in Somalia. “We all want to see a better Somalia, so
that we can also enjoy peace and stability in the region. It’s the reason why we are
here. It’s not for nothing”
13. Med shot, medals
14. Wide shot, Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner awarding a
medal to an officer
15. Close up shot, a medal being pinned
16. Med shot, Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner presenting a
certificate to a police officer
17. Close up shot, medals
18. Med shot, Christine Alalo, AMISOM acting Police Commissioner pinning a medal
on an officer
19. Close up shot, certificate
20. Wide shot, a police officer receiving a medal from Christine Alalo, AMISOM
Acting Police Commissioner
21. Med shot, a police officer receiving a medal and a certificate
22. Wide shot, a police officer marching to receive a medal and certificate
23. Wide shot, police officers holding certificates
24. Med shot, a police officer receiving a medal
25. Close up shot, a police officer looking on
26. Med shot, a police officer marching to receive a medal
27. Wide shot, police officers clapping
28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Williams Anoff Amoani, one of the outgoing officers from
Ghana Police Service
“We gave them an opportunity to learn from us. We handled the succession plan
very well. We trained and prepared our Somali colleagues to take over from us”

29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rosemary Muriungi, an Individual Police Officer from the
Kenya Police Service
“Today I am happy because a Somali police officer can investigate an SGBV case
professionally, and with the urgency it requires, and according to the international
(policing) standards. I am also happy because through the mentoring and capacity
building, the Somali Police officers now can arrest, can detain, can investigate and
they can lead in the prosecution of offenders,”

30. Wide shot, officers leaving after the ceremony

STORY

Third group of AU police officers leave Somalia at the end of their tour of duty

Mogadishu, 27 January 2019 - A third group of police officers deployed in Somalia

under the African Union Mission, are set to leave Somalia, after a year’s tour of duty.

While in the country, the Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Kenya, Ghana,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia spearheaded training and mentorship
activities for Somali police officers in various police stations in the country.

Thirty-eight (38) of them received medals and certificates yesterday, at a send-off

ceremony organized AMISOM Police in Mogadishu.

“We all want to see a better Somalia, so that we can also enjoy peace and stability in
the region,” Ms. Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner told the
outgoing officers. She encouraged them to use their experiences in Somalia to
improve their cultural interactions in their respective countries.

Williams Anoff Amoani, an IPO from Ghana Police Service expressed satisfaction with
the role his team had played in improving policing in Somalia.

“We handled the succession plan very well. We trained and prepared our Somali
colleagues to take over from us,” he said, referring to the capacity building
programmes being carried out by AMISOM to empower the police force.

Rosemary Muriungi, an IPO from Kenya said as a result of intensive training and
mentoring, Somali police officers were taking the lead in policing the country.

She also noted that the police officers had performed exceptionally well in resolving
sexual and gender-based violence, and cases involving juveniles. “They are also
conducting patrol duties quite effectively,” she added.

AMISOM Police is mandated to train and mentor the Somali Police Force to achieve
internationally acceptable policing standards.

END