STORY: AMISOM trains 200 police officers in Hirshabelle

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DATELINE: 20/FEBRUARY/2020, JOWHAR, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, police recruits marching

2. Med shot, UN and AMISOM delegation looking on
3. Med shot, police recruits marching
4. Wide shot, police recruits marching
5. Med shot, police recruits displaying new learnt tricks
6. Med shot, UN and AMISOM delegation looking on
7. Wide shot, police recruits displaying new learnt tricks
8. Med shot, UN and AMISOM delegation looking on
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Yuyi Mwala,
AMISOM Police coordinating officer for Hirshabelle State
“Currently, we are having 200 hundred recruits who are supposed to be graduating
anytime soon. The preparedness as far as I am concerned, they are well prepared.
The level of preparedness is not doubtful. We are thankful to the Hirshabelle state
leadership, Hirshabelle police leadership as well for supporting AMISOM in achieving
our mandate.”

10. Med shot, police recruits displaying

11. Wide shot, police recruits displaying
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Aden Yusuf, Senior Police Advisor in the Ministry of
Internal Security
“We expect that Hirshabelle will soon have 600 police officers that should be
operating in all around the districts and the villages that the regions of this state
consist of”. We are expecting also to recruit another 200 which comprise total
number of state police 800 police officers,”

13. Wide shot, police recruits displaying

14. SOUNDBITE: (English) UN Deputy Police Commissioner, Khadijah Mashile
“We are very much impressed by what we have seen. The trainees are now at the
level of being police officers. they are now at level where they can go out and do the
policing work, they are at the level where they can now go and perform their police
duties within the community,”

15. Med shot, police recruits dancing

16. Wide shot,police recruits dancing
17. Wide shot, police recruits dancing and singing

AMISOM trains 200 police officers in Hirshabelle State

Jowhar, 21 February 2020 – A total of 200 police officers trained by the African
Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) will soon graduate from Jowhar Police Academy
to maintain law and order in Hirshabelle State.

As part of its mandate, AMISOM Police continues to partner with the Somali Police
Force (SPF) to train, mentor and advise them to build their capacity and meet
international policing standards.

AMISOM Police Coordinating Officer for Hirshabelle State, Assistant Commissioner of

Police (ACP), Yuyi Mwala, said the recruits at Jowhar Police Academy were nearing
the end of their training and would soon be deployed to serve the state.

“We have 200 hundred recruits who will graduate soon. They are well-prepared, and
we are thankful to the Hirshabelle State leadership and the police leadership for
supporting AMISOM to achieve its mandate,” said ACP Mwala.

On Thursday, a visiting delegation from the United Nations Assistance Mission in

Somalia (UNSOM) expressed satisfaction at how the training was conducted.

“We are impressed by what we have seen. The trainees are now at a level where
they can perform their duties in the communities,” said UNSOM Deputy Police
Commissioner, Khadijah Mashile, who witnessed some of the recruits in action.

Mashile, who was accompanied by officials from UNOPS, UNSOS, and the European
Union, met with AMISOM Police instructors and Hirshabelle State officials who
briefed her on progress so far.
Senior Police Advisor in the Ministry of Internal Security, Aden Yusuf, hailed the
AMISOM for their contribution to the rebuilding a professional and capable Somali
Police Force, and the United Nations for its support to the process.

“Hirshabelle will soon have a total of 600 police officers operating in all the districts
and villages of the state. We also hope to recruit another 200 to bring the total
number of police officers to 800,” said Yusuf.

ENDS