STORY:AMISOM, Somalia civil society discuss

management of 2020/2021 elections

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DATELINE: 24/NOVEMBER/2019, MOGADISHU,
SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on

2020/21 elections
2. Wide shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Augustine Magnus Kailie
listening during the public awareness forum on 2020/21 elections
3. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Augustine Magnus Kailie
listening during the public awareness forum on 2020/21 elections
4. Wide shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
5. Wide shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
6. Wide shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
7. Med shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
8. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AUGUSTINE MAGNUS KAILIE, AMISOM
POLICE COMMISSIONER
“Somalia has turned a corner through political processes, including electoral
reforms and as such is now preparing itself to hold multi-party, democratic,
universal suffrage elections in 2020 and 2021. Somalia’s leadership has
demonstrated commitment to move away from the old 4.5 clan based power
sharing formula and conduct one-person-one vote elections”.

9. Med shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on

2020/21 elections
10. Med shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
11. Med shot, participants taking part in the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
12. Med shot, National Independent Electoral Commission ( NIEC)
commissioner, Hussein Abdi Adan taking part in public awareness
forum on 2020/21 elections
 13. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) HUSSEIN ABDI ADAN, COMMISSIONER
WITH NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION
(NIEC)
“An electoral security task force was put up which includes the Somalia
police, security forces at federal and national level as well as AMISOM
forces. We are hopeful that AMISOM will actively take part in securing
the election, from safeguarding the candidates, polling centers and
securing electoral material”.

14. Wide shot, NIEC Commissioner, Hussein Abdi Adan, talking during a
panel discussion
15. Med shot, NIEC Commissioner, Hussein Abdi Adan, talking during a
panel discussion
16. Wide shot, participants listening during the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
17. Close up shot, participant listening during the public awareness forum
on 2020/21 elections
18. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) FATUMA MOHAMED AHMED, CIVIL
SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE
“We really want to see our country developing and would hope to see
one person one vote elections taking place also to be able to live freely
in our country, the people who attended this forum discussed how the
election will take place, how the election security is to be managed and
how the country is to be led. Am really happy to be part of the
discussions”.

19. Wide shot, AMISOM Police Election Security Officer Superintendent

Alfred Kudah making a presentation on electoral security
20. Close up shot, AMISOM Police Election Security Officer
Superintendent Alfred Kudah making a presentation on electoral
security
21. Med shot, projected image on screen
22. Med shot, participants listening during the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
23. Wide shot, participants listening during the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections
24. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) SUPERINTENDENT ALFRED KUDAH,
AMISOM POLICE OFFICER
“Our role specifically is about supporting in terms of manpower, in terms of
logistics and assisting the Somali people review the electoral laws and see
where their function will be required mostly”.

25. Wide shot, participants listening during the public awareness forum on
2020/21 elections

AMISOM, Somalia civil society discuss management of 2020/2021 elections

Mogadishu, 29 November--The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on

Sunday reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Somalia holds peaceful
parliamentary and presidential elections in 2020/2021 at a public awareness forum in
Mogadishu.

AMISOM Police Commissioner, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP)

Augustine Magnus Kailie told members of the civil society, political parties
representatives and the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) that
AMISOM, in partnership with key Somali stakeholders, was ready to secure the
upcoming one-person-one vote elections so that the process is free and fair.

“Somalia has turned a corner through political processes, including electoral reforms
and as such is now preparing itself to hold multi-party, democratic, universal suffrage
elections in 2020 and 2021. Somalia’s leadership has demonstrated commitment to
move away from the old 4.5 clan based power sharing formula and conduct one-
person-one vote elections”, AIGP Kailie, who represented the Special Representative
of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) to Somalia Ambassador
Francisco Madeira, said.

The public awareness forum brought together key stakeholders as well as members
of the public to brainstorm about how best Somalia could hold universal elections, as
one way of giving ownership of the electoral process to the public in order to increase
their confidence in the process.

AMISOM ROLE

Hussein Abdi Adan, a commissioner with NIEC, which is the body mandated to
manage elections in Somalia, recognized AMISOM’s role in providing security and said
AMISOM’s presence was an important factor in managing the national elections.

“An electoral security task force was put up which includes the Somalia police, security
forces at federal and national level as well as AMISOM forces. We are hopeful that
AMISOM will actively take part in securing the election, from safeguarding the
candidates, polling centers and securing electoral material,” Hussein added.

Civil Society representative Fatuma Mohamed Ahmed said that the coming together
of the various stakeholders and the nature of the discussions had given her hope that
holding peaceful elections was possible in Somalia.

“We really want to see our country develop and would hope to see one-person-one-
vote elections taking place. The people who attended this forum discussed how the
election will take place, how electoral security is to be managed and how the country
is going to be led after that. Am really happy to be part of these discussions,” Fatuma
said.

AMISOM Police Election Security Officer Superintendent Alfred Kudah gave a

presentation on electoral security, which showed the challenges to be expected and
how AMISOM and Somalia Security Forces were prepared to neutralize any
threats.

“Our role specifically is about supporting in terms of manpower, in terms of logistics

and assisting the Somali people review the electoral laws so that everyone is aware
of what their role is,” Kudah stated.

Those at the discussion included Hussein Abdi Adan, NIEC Commissioner; Osman
Mohyadin Shatah, Chairman of the Somali Non-State Actors (SONSA) and
representatives from several political parties.