STORY: AMISOM honours forty Individual Police Officers

who have concluded their tour of duty in Somalia

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DATELINE: 26/MARCH/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, 40 Individual Police Officers at a medal parade observe the African
Union anthem
2. Med shot, officers saluting
3. Med shot, officers saluting
4. Wide shot, officers saluting
5. Close up shot, officers listening to Rex Dundun, Acting AMISOM Police
Commissioner
7. Close up shot, police officers listening
8. Med shot, officers listening
9. Wide shot, Rex Dundun, AMISOM Police Chief of Staff and Acting AMISOM Police
Commissioner addressing the outgoing IPOs
10. Close up shot, police officers listening
11. Med shot, police officers listening
12. Close up shot, a police officer listening
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rex Dundun, AMISOM Police Chief of Staff and Acting
AMISOM Police Commissioner
“AMISOM appreciates your services which you have rendered for the past one year
with dedication and loyalty. It is highly appreciated.”

14. Wide shot, Rex Dundun, AMISOM Police Chief of Staff and Acting AMISOM Police
Commissioner presenting a certificate to a police officer
15. Close up shot, medals
16. Wide shot, a police officer receives a medal and certificate from DCP Rex Dundun
17. Med shot, a senior AMISOM police officer awarding a certificate to a police
officer
18. Close up shot, medal
19. Wide shot, another senior AMISOM police officer awarding a certificate to a
police officer
20. Med shot, police officers receiving medals and certificates
21. Med shot, police officers holding certificates
22. Close up shot, police officers
23. Wide shot, jubilant police officers clapping
24. Med shot, police officers pose for a group photo
25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Inspector Janet Musau, a medal recipient from Kenya
“My colleagues and I have done our best in interacting with the SPF. We have
mentored them; and through mentoring them, we are proud to say that the Somali
Police Force is now able to do policing according to how we have advised them. They
are able to achieve international standards of policing and I am also proud to say
that they are able to do patrols and are performing exceptionally,”

26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Inspector Amadu Kargbo, a medal recipient from Sierra
Leone
“I want to believe that with all the knowledge we have imparted on them, the Somali
Police will be a formidable force, which is recognized by their government.”

27. Wide shot, police officers pose for a group photo with the AMISOM Chief of Staff
and Acting Police Commissioner.

STORY

AMISOM honors forty Individual Police Officers who have concluded their tour of
duty in Somalia
Mogadishu, 26 March 2019 - Forty (40) Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Ghana,
Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia have been honoured by the
leadership of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), for their invaluable
contribution to the professional growth of Somali police officers.
A medal award ceremony was held in their honour, in the Somali capital Mogadishu
today.

“AMISOM appreciates you for the services you have rendered with dedication and
loyalty over the past one year,” AMISOM Police Chief of Staff, who is also the Acting
Police Commissioner, Rex Dundun, told the outgoing IPOs, who were responsible for
training and mentorship programmes in various police stations in the Horn of Africa
country.
DCP Dundun noted that the officers had also learned and gained valuable exposure
from their counterparts.
The senior police officer hailed Police Contributing Countries (PCCs) to AMISOM, for
nominating personnel with special skills, to share their expertise and experiences
with their counterparts in Somalia.
Inspector Janet Musau from Kenya, who is among the officers leaving the country
after a year’s tour of duty, expressed confidence at the level of training given to the
Somali Police Force by the IPOs.

“We have done our best in mentoring the Somali Police Force and we are proud we
are leaving them adept at policing and patrols,” she said.

Inspector Amadu Kargbo, from Sierra Leone, echoed similar sentiments. He

described his tour of duty in the country as a unique and rewarding experience.

The IPOs received medals and certificates in acknowledgement of their exceptional

performance and diligence at work.

AMISOM Police plays a critical role in ensuring that the Somali Police Force is
adequately capacitated and capable of taking full charge of policing activities in the
country.

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