STORY:AMISOM embarks on major road rehabilitation

works in Dhobley
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DATELINE: 5/OCTOBER/2019, DHOBLEY, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, launch of a major road rehabilitation works by the African Union
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) in Dhobley
2. Med shot, a grader clearing a section of the road
3. Close up shot, a grader clearing
4. Close up shot, a grader clearing
5. Wide shot, a grader clearing
6. Med shot, a section of a road being cleared
7. Wide shot, road clearing
8. Med shot, Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto, AMISOM Sector 2 Commander overseeing the
road clearing
9. Med shot, a grader clearing
10. Wide shot, a section of the main road linking the towns of Dhobley and Tabta in
the Lower Jubba region being cleared
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto, AMISOM Sector 2 Commander
“One of the tasks of AMISOM is to open the main supply routes and in Sector 2, we
have a stretch between Dhobley all the way to Kismayo because it is important to
move people, and goods and ensure that there is freedom of movement and
development particularly in the Federal Member State of Jubbaland”

12. Wide shot, a soldier using an IED detector for possible IEDs
13. Med shot, a soldier using an IED detector
14. Close up shot, IED detector
15. Wide shot, the soldiers during carrying out the road opening exercise
16. Med shot, Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto getting on a grader
17. Close up shot, Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto
18. Wide shot, Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto driving the grader
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto, AMISOM Sector 2 Commander
“This road is very strategic for people of Somalia in general and particularly to the
state of Jubbaland, to ensure that there is freedom of movement of goods and
people and apart from that, we are also looking at it from security aspect that we
need to dominate this road and ensure that we also degrade al-Shabaab to ensure
that the people within this state of Jubbaland are free and they can conduct their
businesses freely”

20. Wide shot, a grader clearing

21. Med shot, a grader clearing
22. Med shot, Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto, AMISOM Sector 2 Commander with Siyad
Mohamed Hassan, the Administrator of Dhobley town
23. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Siyad Mohamed Hassan, Administrator of Dhobley town
“We have just started a road rehabilitation project which is being implemented by
AMISOM troops in Dhobley. This road had not been maintained since the collapse of
the central government. The road has narrowed due to bushes and trees that have
grown on it. It is because of these difficulties that our brothers in AMISOM decided
to rehabilitate the road, which shows that they are not only supporting us in defense
but also in development projects. As you can see we are outside the town and this
reconstruction that has started from Dhobley will go up to Tabta and we are very
happy with it. As the administration of Dhobley, we are ready to support AMISOM
any time as you can see the administration is on standby”

24. Med shot, Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto, AMISOM Sector 2 Commander with Siyad
Mohamed Hassan, the Administrator of Dhobley town shaking hands
25. Wide shot, road clearing of the main road linking the towns of Dhobley and Tabta
in the Lower Jubba region of Somalia

AMISOM embarks on major road rehabilitation works in Dhobley

Mogadishu, 07 October—The main road linking the towns of Dhobley and Tabta in
the Lower Jubba region of Somalia is set to receive a major facelift, following the
launch of road rehabilitation works by the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA).

The joint renovation works by AMISOM Kenyan troops based in Dhobley and their
Somali counterparts, on the 54km stretch road, will ease the movement of people,
goods and services in the region.

Brig. Gen. Dickson Ruto, Commander of the Kenyan contingent, said the
rehabilitation is in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2472 and
the revised AMISOM Concept of Operations (CONOPs), as well as the Somali
Transition Plan.

“One of the tasks of AMISOM is to open main supply routes. We have a stretch
between Dhobley all the way to Kismayo which is important to the movement of
people and goods, particularly in the Federal Member State of Jubbaland” Gen Ruto
explained.
Renovation of the road, Gen. Ruto noted, is also significant as it will bolster security
in the region.

AMISOM troops, Ruto said, also plan to rehabilitate roads within Dhobley township
which were once levelled by KDF troops serving under AMISOM, but damaged by
recent heavy rains.

Siyad Mohamed Hassan, the Administrator for Dhobley commended AMISOM for its
development activities, an addition to their core mandate of securing Somalia and
mentoring government forces.

“We have just started a road rehabilitation project which is being implemented by
AMISOM troops in Dhobley. This road had not been maintained since the collapse of
the central government and had narrowed due to bushes and trees,” Mr. Hassan
explained.

The road rehabilitation exercise is part of the implementation of AMISOM’s key

priority programmes under its revised CONOPs, which includes degrading the threat
of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab, and securing main supply routes and population
centres.

The AMISOM CONOPs provides a framework to guide the implementation of the

gradual transfer of security responsibilities to the Somali Security Forces and the
eventual exit of AU troops from Somalia.