STORY: Uganda police officers complete tour of

duty amid glowing praise from AMISOM

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DATELINE: 01/DECEMBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda standing up

as the Somali National anthem plays
2. Med shot, Ugandan IPOs saluting as the Somali National anthem plays
3. Med shot, Ugandan IPOs saluting as the Somali National anthem plays
4. Wide shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Augustine Magnus Kailie
flanked by other senior AMISOM Police Officers saluting as the anthem
plays
5. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Augustine Magnus Kailie
saluting as the Uganda national anthem plays
6. Wide shot, Ugandan IPOs saluting as the Uganda national anthem
plays
7. Wide shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Augustine Magnus Kailie,
flanked by other senior AMISOM Police Officers saluting as the
Uganda national anthem plays
8. Med shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda saluting as the
AU anthem plays
9. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda saluting as
the AU anthem plays
10. Med shot, chief guest seating down after the anthems
11. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda listening
during the ceremony
12. Med shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda listening
during the ceremony
13. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AUGUSTINE MAGNUS KAILIE, AMISOM
POLICE COMMISSIONER
“I want to congratulate you for your good work during the last 12
months. We appreciate your contribution towards the implementation of
the AMISOM Police mandate”.

14. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda listening
during the ceremony
15. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda listening
during the ceremony
16. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) from Uganda listening
during the ceremony
17. Close up shot, AMISOM Police Public Information Officer, ASP Isah
Semwogere listening during the function
18. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AUGUSTINE MAGNUS KAILIE, AMISOM
POLICE COMMISSIONER
“You have acquired knowledge and wealth. You must use them wisely.
I would like to advise you all to employ your time in improving your life
and the lives of others around you. You should observe human rights.
As a peacekeeper, you have been here, you have been mentoring the
Somali Police. So when you go, tell them you are a different person,
with international experience, and that you observe human rights”.

19. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, flanked by other senior

AMISOM Police Officers listening during the function
20. Wide shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, flanked by other senior
AMISOM Police Officers listening during the function
21. Close up shot, IPO from Uganda listening during the function
22. Med shot, IPOs from Uganda listening during the function
23. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner handing over certificate to an
Individual Police officer
24. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner pinning a medal on an
Individual Police officer
25. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) SSP SAIGA IBRAHIM, UGANDA
CONTINGENT AMISOM POLICE COMMANDER
“I want to take this opportunity on behalf of the medalists, who are
members of the Ugandan contingent, to extend our sincere and
heartfelt appreciation to the AMISOM family, to the AMISOM Police
component for the enabling environment that you created and the
opportunity that you gave us, that did not only allow us to contribute to
the peace process in Somalia, but even created opportunity for us to
enhance our knowledge and skills”.

26. Close up shot, certificate being handed over

27. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner pinning a medal on an IPO
28. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner pinning a medal on an IPO
29. Med shot, IPO saluting after receiving medal and certificate
30. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) ASP ISAH SEMWOGERE, AMISOM
POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION UNIT
“As AMISOM Police, we are mandated to build the capacity of the
Somali Police Force. For instance, in HirShabelle State, we have so far
trained three batches of police officers. We recruit, train and deploy. In
that way, we are contributing in building the capacity of the Somalis
themselves such that they can take over security responsibilities when
AMISOM exits Somalia”.

31. Med shot, AMISOM senior Police officer pinning a medal on an IPO
32. Wide shot, IPOs seated after receiving medals and certificates
33. Wide shot, IPO receiving his certificate from AMISOM Police official
34. Wide shot, IPOs applauding
Uganda police officers complete tour of duty amid glowing praise from AMISOM

Mogadishu, 04 December—Seventeen police officers from Uganda have completed

their one-year tour of duty, where they served under the police component of the
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

AMISOM Police Commissioner Augustine Magnus Kailie on Sunday presided over the
send-off medal parade in Mogadishu, and paid glowing tribute to the officers for
their dedication, professionalism and contribution to achieving AMISOM’s
mandate.

“I want to congratulate you for your good work during the last 12 months. We
appreciate your contribution towards the implementation of AMISOM Police
mandate,” Commissioner Magnus Kailie said.

“You have acquired knowledge and wealth. You must use them wisely. I would like
to advise you all to employ your time in improving your life and the lives of others
around you. I implore you that when you go back home, you should not be the same
as you came. You should observe human rights. As a peacekeeper, you have been
mentoring the Somali Police. So, when you go back home, tell them you are a
different person, with international experience, and that you observe human rights,”
he advised.

The UN Security Council in its resolution 2472 (2019) adopted on 31 May this year,
authorised AMISOM to deploy 1,040 police personnel including five Formed Police
Units and Individual Police Officers (IPOs). The Formed Police Units provide
operational support such as public order management and VIP escort and
protection, while the IPOs train, mentor, and advise the Somali Police officers. The
individual police personnel have been playing a critical in the stabilisation process of
Somalia, especially with the maintenance of law and order in liberated areas.

“As AMISOM Police, we are mandated to help build the capacity of the Somali Police
Force. For instance, in HirShabelle State, we have overseen the recruitment, training
and deployment of SPF officers. In that way, we have contributed in building the
capacity of the Somalis such that they can take over security responsibilities when
AMISOM exits Somalia in 2021,” said outgoing AMISOM Police Public Information
Officer, Isah Semwogerere.

Commissioner Kailie also decorated the officers with medals of honour and gave
them certificates, together with AMISOM Police Chief of Staff Rex Dundun, AMISOM
Police Operations Coordinator Daniel Ali Gwambal, and AMISOM Police Reform,
Restructuring and Development Coordinator Maxwell Chikunguru.

Outgoing Uganda contingent Police Commander Saiga Ibrahim expressed gratitude

to the AMISOM Senior Leadership Team for the opportunity rendered to him and his
fellow officers, stating that much as they have trained the Somali Police Force
officers, they have also learnt a lot from the mission.

A poignant moment during this ceremony was observing a minute of silence in

honour of former acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, the late Christine Alalo, who
perished in a plane crash in Ethiopia in March this year.