STORY: AMISOM ACTING FORCE COMMANDER

TOURS RECENTLY LIBERATED TOWNS IN

FORWARD OPERATION BASES
DURATION: 10.06
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DATELINE: 13/MARCH/2016, CEL BARAF, BIYO ADDE, LEEGO,
BALEDOGLE, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, Cel Baraf AMISOM camp
2. Med shot, Cel Baraf AMISOM camp
3. Close up, Cel Baraf AMISOM camp
4. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
5. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
6. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander inspects the guard of honour
7. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
8. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the camps perimeter wall
9. Close up, AMISOM military officers fill in the hesqos to be used
as perimeter walls
10. Wide shot, Cel Baraf AMISOM camp
11. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
12. Close up, Cel Baraf AMISOM camp
13. SOUNDBITE: MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMED ESHA, AMISOM
ACTING FORCE COMMANDER.
Al Shabaab in any dimension is weaker than AMISOM and SNA
forces. As you have seen in your current operation, they are not able to
confront you directly.
14. Wide shot, Cel Baraf AMISOM camp
15. Med shot, Cel Baraf AMISOM camp
16. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
17. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander

18. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
19. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
20. Close up, an AMISOM senior official
21. Med shot, an AMISOM senior official
22. Close up, an AMISOM senior official
23. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
24. SOUNDBITE: COLONEL PAUL NJUGUNA, AMISOM
SPOKESPERSON
The Force Commander was able to see how the troops are, how the
liberation took place and commended the forces for working hard, for
sacrificing their lives for ensuring that Operation Juba Corridor is
achieving its objectives. Its important to note that this is part of
Operation Juba Corridor which started in 2015 and is ongoing. It will be
ongoing until we liberate the remaining patches of Somalia that are in
the hands of Al Shabaab. The endstate is to ensure that Al Shabaab is
removed from Somalia and the people of Somalia regain their country.
BIYO ADDE
SHOTLIST
25. Wide shot, Biyo Adde AMISOM camp
26. Med shot, Biyo Adde AMISOM camp
27. Close up, Biyo Adde AMISOM camp
28. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
29. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
30. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander inspects the guard of honour
31. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the camps perimeter wall
32. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the camps perimeter wall
33. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
34. Med shot, AMISOM military officers at the camp
35. Wide shot, Biyo Adde AMISOM camp
36. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander is briefed at the camp
37. Close up, a senior AMISOM Officer at the Force Commanders
briefing
38. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
39. Med shot, senior AMISOM Officers at the briefing

40. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting

Force Commander
41. Wide shot, Burundian military contingent at Biyo Adde
42. Med shot, Burundian military contingent at Biyo Adde
43. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
44. Close up, an AMISOM military officer
45. SOUNDBITE: MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMED ESHA, AMISOM
ACTING FORCE COMMANDER.
To create good relationship with the people is necessary, if we create
this relationship, the people will give us information which for us is
important enabling us to co-exist together as a whole.
46. Wide shot, Burundian military contingent at Biyo Adde
47. Med shot, Burundian military contingent at Biyo Adde
48. Close up, a Burundian military officer at Biyo Adde
49. Med shot, Burundian military contingent at Biyo Adde
50. SOUNDBITE: COLONEL PAUL NJUGUNA, AMISOM
SPOKESPERSON
The Force Commander was in Cel Baraf and Biyo Adde camps to visit
the AMISOM troops that are there having liberated the two towns from
Al Shabaab in the last one month. The Force Commander was here to
assess the situation on the ground, to see how the troops are, to
encourage them, to ensure that from now onwards AMISOM will be on
the ground to work with the local people so that the condition of the
local people can improve. Security also featured highly in this visit, to
ensure that theres security of the AMISOM forces and also security of
the local people. The local people's lives are important to AMISOM and
the Force Commander was ensuring that the lives and security of the
local people is well taken care of.

LEEGO
SHOTLIST
51. Wide shot, Leego AMISOM forward operating post
52. Med shot, Leego AMISOM forward operating post
53. Close up, Leego AMISOM forward operating post
54. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
55. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander and other AMISOM senior officers in a brief
56. Med shot, Commanding Officer Leego camp
57. Close up, Commanding Officer Leego camp

58. Med shot, AMISOM officers present in the Force Commanders

brief
59. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
60. Med shot, an officer takes note during the brief
61. Close up, an officer takes note during the brief
62. Med shot, AMISOM officers present in the Force Commanders
brief
63. SOUNDBITE: MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMED ESHA, AMISOM
ACTING FORCE COMMANDER.
In this regard, while you are in your defence position, your defence
should be an active defence which focuses on protecting all areas of
responsibility by conducting continuous day and night patrols,
preparing organised defence positions, effective firing plans,
strengthening your defence position using different obstacles and by
being active and vigilant will not permit the enemy to carry out surprise
attacks on you.
64. Wide shot, Leego AMISOM forward operating post
65. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander and other senior AMISOM officers
66. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
67. Close up, Commanding Officer Leego camp
68. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
69. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
70. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander and other senior AMISOM officers
71. Med shot, AMISOM officers at Leego Camp
72. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
73. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
BALEDOGLE
SHOTLIST
74. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
75. Med hot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander inspects the guard of honour

76. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting

Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
77. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
78. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
79. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander inspects the guard of honour
80. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander is briefed during the visit to Baledogle
81. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
82. Close up, an AMISOM senior official
83. Wide shot, an AMISOM senior official briefs the Acting Force
Commander
84. Med shot, an AMISOM senior official briefs the Acting Force
Commander
85. Close up, an AMISOM senior official briefs the Acting Force
Commander
86. Close up, an AMISOM senior official
87. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
88. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
89. SOUNDBITE: MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMED ESHA, AMISOM
ACTING FORCE COMMANDER.
Our mandate is to free Somalia from the Al Shabaab threat, to create
favourable environment for peace and stability and open a door for
economic development. Therefore you need to prepare for more tasks
until Al Shabaab is destroyed.
90. Wide shot, AMISOM Baledogle camp
91. Med shot, AMISOM Baledogle camp
92. Wide shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
93. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
94. Med shot, Brigadier General Sam Okiding, Sector One
Commander
95. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
96. Close up, Brigadier General Sam Okiding, Sector One
Commander
97. SOUNDBITE: MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMED ESHA, AMISOM
ACTING FORCE COMMANDER.

AMISOM and UPDF are proud of your great achievements, more than
any other, the Somali people are proud of you. Finally, I wish you
success, I have no doubt that you will accomplish more with more
commitment, caring, courage and bravery. I want to express that the
force Headquarters will be with you all the time.
98. Close up, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting Force
Commander
99. Med shot, Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
100. Wide shot,Major General Mohamed Esha, AMISOM Acting
Force Commander
STORY
AMISOM Acting Force Commander tours recently liberated towns in
Forward Operation Bases
The Acting AMISOM Force Commander Major General Mohammedesha
Zeyinu has stressed the importance of building on the partnership between
AMISOM troops and the Somali National Army (SNA) to win the war against
Al Shabaab.
The Acting Force Commander spoke at the conclusion of his tour to recently
liberated towns of Biyo Adde, and El Baraf, which were captured from the
terrorists by the Burundi contingent.
Major General Zeyinu also visited Leego in Sector 3 and Baledogle in Sector
1, which are under the Ugandan contingent of AMISOM.
The visits to AMISOM Forward Operation Bases (FOB) aimed at boosting the
morale of the Forces. The Acting Force Commander complimented AMISOM
and SNA troops for reducing the threat posed by Al Shabaab and other armed
groups.
The tour by the Acting Force Commander was to assess the implementation
on the ground, of decisions made during the Sector Commanders Conference
in Mogadishu.
He sought to ensure that the Sectors were prepared to conduct operations to
flush out Al Shabaab from the remaining pockets inside Somalia.
Al Shabaab in any dimension is weaker than AMISOM and SNA Forces. As
you have seen in your current operations, they are not able to confront you
directly, said Major General Zeyinu while addressing troops in El Baraf.
While in Biyo Adde, he challenged troops to nurture relations with the local
communities. To create good relations with the people is necessary. If we
enhance these relations, the people will give us timely information, also
important for our co-existence, said the Acting Force Commander.
The Sector 5 Commander Col. Bibonimana Venant thanked the Force
Commander for visiting the troops. He added that the achievements made so
far were a great honor to AMISOM and to the Burundi National Defence

Forces and appealed for more support to improve the conditions of the troops
as well as the welfare of Somalis living in their Area Of Responsibility (AOR).
The Acting Force Commander urged them to ensure safety of communities in
their vicinity. He said, While you are in your defensive positions, your defence
should be an active one, which focuses on protecting all areas of
responsibility by conducting continuous day and night patrols; preparing
organized defence positions, effective firing plans, strengthened positions and
by being active and vigilant. This will not permit the enemy to carry out
surprise attacks on you.
Our mandate is to free Somalia from Al Shabaab threat, to create a favorable
environment for peace and stability and open doors for the Peace loving
Somali people to achieve economic development. Therefore you need to
prepare for more tasks until Al Shabaab is destroyed, added Gen.
Mohammedesha.
AMISOM Force Spokesperson Lt. Col. Paul Njuguna reinforced the Acting
Force Commanders message, saying the visits had been essential in
assessing the situation at the Forward Bases.
The Force Commander was able to see how the troops are, how the
liberation took place and commended the forces for working hard, for
sacrificing their lives for ensuring that Operation Juba Corridor is achieving its
objectives. Its important to note that this is part of Operation Juba Corridor,
which started in 2015 and is on-going. It will continue until we liberate the
remaining areas in the hands of Al Shabaab are liberated. The end state is to
ensure that Al Shabaab is removed from Somalia and the people of Somalia
fully take control of their country, Lt Col. Njuguna concluded.
END