STORY: SECURITY SENSITIZATION DRIVE

MOVES TO DHARKENLEY DISTRICT

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DATELINE: 21TH MAY 2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot; Dharkenley district community
meeting with AMISOM police officials at the district
conference hall
2. Close up shot; AMISOM POLICE PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER (PIO), Edwin Mugera
sensitizing the Dharkenley district community about
community policing
3. Med shot; AMISOM PIO, Edwin Mugera
sensitizing the Dharkenley district community about
community policing
4. Close up shot; Dharkenley District Commissioner
Omar Meyre Maow at sensitization meeting
5. Wide shot; Dharkenley residents at the meeting
6. Close up shot; Dharkenley female resident
7. Med shot; AMISOM police PIO, Edwin Mugera
8. Wide shot; Dharkenley residents
9. Med shot; female residents at the meeting
10.
SOUNDBITE(English) Edwin Mugera,
AMISOM police Public Information Officer
The security environment in Mogadishu and Somalia as a
whole is changing. New security challenges facing the
state and the people of Somalia that are emerging require
new responses and as such we opted for a holistic
approach that involves the participation of the local citizen
in order to take part in the security process. Today we are
in Dharkenley on sensitization drive that has been going

on throughout Mogadishu and this makes it the seventh

district to benefit from this opportunity,
11.
Med shot; Dharkenley women at the
meeting
12.
Wide shot; AMISOM Inspector of police
Muyomba Abdul talking to the Dharkenley residents
13.
Close up shot; AMISOM Inspector of Police
Muyomba Abdul
14.
Close up shot; Dharkenley residents
listening
15.
Close up shot; Dharkenley resident
16.
Med shot; AMISOM Inspector of police
Muyomba Abdul
17.
Close up shot; Dharkenley female resident
18.
Med shot; Dharkenley District
Commissioner Omar Meyre Maow talking to the
residents
19.
Wide shot; Dharkenley District
Commissioner Omar Meyre Maow talking to the
residents
20.
Med shot; residents listening
21.
Close up shot; Dharkenley District
Commissioner Omar Meyre Maow
22.
Close up shot; women
23.
SOUNDBITE(English) Omar Meyre Maow,
Dharkenley District Commissioner
The responsibility of security is to be taken by the people
before the administration of Dharkenley. That means that
each and every person in Dharkenley has a role to play in
security. Each and every one has to provide information if
he or she feels insecure. If that does not happen and the
people hide the information about the bad guys, the bad
guys will have an upper hand and the country will go back
to dark days of anarchy. I am calling on the people of
Dharkenley, especially the women, girls, boys and elders
to work closely with the authorities especially the security
agencies like NISA, Police and the local administration.
There is nothing to get alarmed about now only that I want
the people to overcome fear and get courage so that
everyone can go to school, places of work and home
without fear,
24.
Med shot; women listening

25.
Close up shot; AMISOM senior police
officers listening
26.
Wide shot; AMISOM inspector of police,
Susan Sarioyo addressing the gathering
27.
Med shot; women listening
28.
Med shot; Dharkenley district officials
listening
29.
Wide shot; AMISOM Inspector of police,
Rose Quainoo talking to the Dharkenley district
community
30.
Med shot; Dharkenley District officials at
the meeting
31.
SOUNDBITE(Somali) Fadumo Hussein,
Chairperson Dharkenley District Womens Group
Security is number one for us here in Dharkenley District.
There is no life without security. As Dharkenley district we
prioritize security and participate in security. We assist
the authorities with security information,
32.
Wide shot; Dharkenley district community
meeting with AMISOM police officials
SCRIPT
SECURITY SENSITIZATION DRIVE MOVES TO
DHARKENLEY DISTRICT OF MOGADISHU
Residents of Dharkenley district in Mogadishu are upbeat
about a fresh push in community policing, being
spearheaded by the Somali Police Force(SPF) and the
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
The residents today participated in a vibrant discussion on
insecurity in their neighborhood, at a well attended
meeting at the districts headquarters.
Dharkenley District Commissioner Omar Meyre Maow who
presided over the discussions urged the residents to get
involved in policing their district.
The meeting comes two days after a similar meeting was
held in crime prone Heliwaa district, hitherto an Al

Shabaab hideout, as part of a massive sensitization drive

to rein in on insecurity.
Present at the meeting were top AMISOM police officers
and the Dharkenley police boss Jimale Adow Mohamed.
Community policing seeks to enhance cooperation
between the police and the public. It is based on the
premise that both the police and the community must
work together to identify, prioritize and solve crime related
challenges.
The responsibility of security is to be taken by the people
before the administration of Dharkenley. That means that
each and every person in Dharkenley has a role to play in
security. Each and every one has to provide information if
he or she feels insecure. If that does not happen and the
people hide the information about the bad guys, the bad
guys will have an upper hand and the country will go back
to dark days of anarchy. I am calling on the people of
Dharkenley, especially the women, girls, boys and elders
to work closely with the authorities especially the security
agencies like NISA, Police and the local administration.
There is nothing to get alarmed about now only that I want
the people to overcome fear and get courage so that
everyone can go to school, places of work and home
without fear, stressed District Commissioner Maow.
AMISOM Police Public Information Officer Edwin Mugera
asked Dharkenley residents to remain vigilant in the wake
of new security challenges. He said, The security
environment in Mogadishu and Somalia as a whole is
changing. New security challenges facing the state and
the people of Somalia that are emerging require new
responses and as such we opted for a holistic approach
that involves the participation of the local citizen in order
to take part in the security process. Today we are in
Dharkenley on sensitization drive that has been going on

throughout Mogadishu and this makes it the seventh

district to benefit from this opportunity.
At the meeting, police urged the residents to volunteer
information on criminals with the District Commissioner
noting that everyone has a responsibility to maintain
security.
The womens district chairperson, Fadumo Hussein,
welcomed the initiative saying, Security is number one
concern for us here in Dharkenley district. There is no life
without security. As Dharkenley district we prioritize
security and participate in security. We assist the
authorities with security information.
END