STORY: AMISOM hands over newly constructed police

station to Jubbaland authorities

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DATELINE: 3/DECEMBER/2018, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the

Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and senior
AMISOM police and military officers meeting with the Jubbaland Vice President
Mohamud Sayid Aden and Jubbaland Police Commissioner

2. Med shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the

Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and senior
AMISOM police and military officers meeting with the Jubbaland Vice President
Mohamud Sayid Aden and Jubbaland Police Commissioner

3. Med shot, senior AMISOM police officers listening at the meeting

4. Med shot, Jubbaland Vice President Mohamud Sayid Aden and Jubbaland Police
Commissioner at the meeting

5. Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the

Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and senior
AMISOM police and military officers meeting with the Jubbaland Vice President
Mohamud Sayid Aden, Ms. Christine Alalo - the Acting AMISOM Police
Commissioner and Jubbaland Police Commissioner - Ahmednasir Guleed

6. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Christine Alalo, the Acting
AMISOM Police Commissioner, Mohamud Sayid Aden - Jubbaland vice President and
Maj. Gen. Charles Tai Gituai - AMISOM Deputy Force Commander meeting with the
locals before the opening of the police station

7. Wide shot, Dalhis Police Station in Kismayo

8. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Christine Alalo, the Acting
AMISOM Police Commissioner, Mohamud Sayid Aden, Jubbaland Vice President and
AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Major General Charles Tai Gituai, cutting a tape
during the opening of the police station.
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“The Dalhis Police Station is a demonstration that AMISOM is not just an armed wing
of the African Union. Even before we came here as AMISOM in 2007, we understood
that peace and stability in Somalia takes more than just shooting Al-Shabaab.
Security is about having people feel safe, having people going about their lives
everyday in peace and confidence, about people going to school, going to the
market, to the hospital, and coming back to their houses safe.”

10. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira touring the newly opened police
station

11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative

of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“As AMISOM and as the African Union, we understand too well that supporting the
Jubbaland State to build its institutions, including the institution of Police is part and
parcel of bringing lasting peace and stability to Jubbaland and to Somalia,”

12. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mohamud Sayid Aden, Deputy President of Jubbaland

“You have done a lot for Somalia particularly; it is really historic, that a police station
that has been operating under a tree, is now a fully equipped permanent structure.
We appreciate the efforts of all the stakeholders and partners who took part in the
construction of this police station,”

13. Wide shot, newly built Dalhis Police Station in Kismayo

14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Alalo, the AMISOM Deputy Police

Commissioner
“(The need for a police station) came at a time when the refugees were returning
from Kenya. This was one of their stopping points. And from here, they would leave
to other places. But the majority stayed around here. And so there arose a necessity
to have a police station to serve the community, and also the IDPs,”

15. Med shot, Jubbaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe and
Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, the Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia at a meeting

16. Med shot, senior AMISOM military officers at the meeting

17. Close up shot, Jubbaland administration officials attend the meeting

18. Wide shot, senior AMISOM military officers at the meeting

STORY

AMISOM hands over newly constructed police station to Jubbaland authorities

Mogadishu, 04 December 2018 - As part of initiatives to boost security in the

regional states, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Monday handed
over a newly constructed police station in the Farjano district within Kismayo town,
to Jubbaland State authorities.

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for
Somalia, Amb. Francisco Caetano Madeira, handed over Dalhis Police Station to the
Deputy President of Jubbaland State, H.E Mohamud Sayid Aden, at a ceremony
witnessed by local elders, officials from AMISOM and Jubbaland administration.

The police station will house and facilitate strategic police engagement activities and
also provide space for the implementation of police mentorship programmes.

Constructed by AMISOM, it includes a gender office which will cater for gender
related crimes.

“Security is about people feeling safe, going about their everyday lives in peace and
confidence including going to school, market, hospital etc and coming back to their
home in one piece,” Ambassador Madeira stated. He reiterated that AMISOM
remains committed to achieving lasting peace in Somalia.

“As the African Union, we understand too well that supporting Jubbaland State to
build its state institutions, including supporting the Police is important to bringing
lasting peace and stability to Jubbaland and Somalia,” noted the Head of AMISOM.

Jubbaland’s deputy president acknowledged the importance of having functional

police stations in the port city. He said the facility was critical in reducing crime and
maintaining law and order. “It is historic that a police station which was operating
under a tree, now has a roof with fully functional offices,” Mr. Aden remarked. He
was flanked by the Jubbaland Police Commissioner, Ahmednasir Guleed.

Constructed by AMISOM with funding from the Danish government, Dalhis Police
Station is the second police facility to be handed over to Jubbaland authorities by
AMISOM this year.
“It was important and very necessary to have a police station that would serve this
community and also the IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons),” explained Ms. Christine
Alalo, the Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner. She added that apart from keeping
the community safe, the station would also greatly benefit returnees who have
settled in the region.

The construction of the police station followed a needs assessment done in 2016,
which found it essential to secure the local community that consists of mainly Somali
returnees from Kenya.

In June, AMISOM handed over another facility - Caterpillar Police Station – also in
Kismayo town to Jubbaland authorities, after a complete refurbishment.

In a separate meeting, Ambassador Madeira and his delegation held a closed-door

meeting with Jubbaland President, Ahmed Mohamed Islam ‘Madobe’, at the
presidential palace. The two leaders discussed matters of mutual interest.

Accompanying Madeira was the Deputy AMISOM Force Commander in-charge of

Operations and Planning Major Gen. Charles Tai Gituai and other senior AMISOM
officials.

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