STORY: AMISOM Force Commander visits troops on the

frontline in Dhobley
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DATELINE: 22/JANUARY/2020, DHOBLEY, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Kenya Defense Force (KDF) soldiers serving under AMISOM in sector 2,
on parade
2. Med shot, the soldiers on parade
3. Med shot, KDF, AMISOM, republic of Kenya and Federal Government of Somalia
flags
4. Wide shot, a helicopter carrying the AMISOM force commander and his team
landing
5. Wide shot, soldiers on paparde
6. Med shot, AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Yilma getting off the helicopter
7. Wide shot, guard of honor for the force commander
8. Med shot, the force commander saluting
9. Close up shot, the force commander saluting
10. Med shot, soldiers on parade
11. Wide shot, the force commander inspecting the guard of honor
12. Med shot, Lt. Gen. Yilma, AMISOM Force Commander and Sector 2 Commander
Brigadier General Dickson Ruto walking
13. Wide shot, soldiers on parade
14. Med shot, the force commander arriving at the sector2 commander’s officer for
a brief
15. Wide shot, the force commander shaking hands with senior officers
16. Close up shot, the force commander singing a visitors book
17. Close up shot, a senior officers looking on
18. Close up shot, Brigadier General Dickson Ruto
19. Close up shot, another senior officer looking on
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brigadier General Dickson Ruto, AMISOM Sector 2
Commander
“I can say that within sector two, the Kenyan defense forces have made a huge
major
significant contribution. If you want to measure our success, you can look at the
number of businesses and the number of people that are in the towns and the
businesses that are ongoing and specifically the movement of people and goods, it
shows that life has returned to normalcy in Jubbaland,”

21. Med shot, senior officers

22. Wide shot, the force commander and his team leaving

AMISOM Force Commander visits troops on the frontline in Dhobley

Mogadishu, 24 January—The Force Commander of the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) Lt. Gen. Tigabu Yilma on Wednesday visited troops on the frontline
in Dhobley town near the Somali-Kenyan border to check on their condition and
operational plans.

The AMISOM Sector Two forces in Jubaland State are made up of soldiers from the
Kenyan Defence Force. The AU Mission in Somalia has five sectors spread across the
country where AMISOM forces work hand in hand with Somalia National Army (SNA)
to stabilize the country.

On arrival in Dhobley, Lt. Gen. Yilma was received by Sector 2 Commander, Brigadier
General Dickson Ruto who briefed him on achievements recorded in line with
AMISOM Concept of Operations (CONOPS), which guides the operations of the
mission, and the Somalia Transition Plan, which outlines how AMISOM will gradually
hand over security responsibility to the Somali Security Forces.

The Force Commander thanked the troops and their commanders for strongly holding
the fort and praised them for their bravery and service to Somalia.

“I came to check on you and see for myself the good work that you are doing for
AMISOM and for Somalia. The enemy is losing ground but we need to maintain the
pressure in order to completely stabilize this country and hand it over to the Somalis.
After we finish our job, history will remember us for our noble effort of bringing peace
in Somalia,” Force Commander Yilma said.

Sector Two Commander Brig. Gen. Ruto thanked the Force Commander for the visit
and assured him all was well with the troops under his command.
“I can say that within Sector Two, our troops have made significant contributions. If
you want to measure our success, you can look at the number of businesses and the
number of people that are in the towns specifically the movement of people and
goods is an indication that life has returned to normalcy in Jubaland,” Brig. Gen. Ruto
said.

Dhobley town is located approximately 729 km southwest of Mogadishu. It lies within

an important route from Kismayo to the Kenyan border town of Liboi close to the
Dadaab refugee camp inside Kenya and home to tens of thousands of Somalis
refugees.