STORY: Kenyas Cabinet Secretary of Defence launches trial

training for the Triangular Partnership Project

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DATELINE: 07/092015, NAIROBI, KENYA
SHOT LIST
1.
Wide shot, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence, Kenya cuts a ribbon
2.
Med shot, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence, Kenya and Ambassador of Japan to
Kenya H. E. Tatsushi Terada
3.
SOUNDBITE: H. E. TATSUSHI TERADA, JAPANESE
AMBASSADOR TO KENYA.
I hope the trial training will yield fruitful results and this will in
turn form a basis of a framework for subsequent long term
training.
4.
Wide shot, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence and Japanese Ambassador to Kenya
H. E. Tatsushi Terada at the ground breaking event
5.
Med shot, some of the trainee military officers
6.
Wide shot, trainee military officers
7.
SOUNDBITE: AMBASSADOR RAYCHELLE OMAMO,
KENYAS CABINET SECRETARY OF DEFENCE.
In particular we applaud the government of Japan for
recognizing the need to support the cause of peace and stability
in our region, through training and capacity building within the
framework of the peacekeeping agenda of the United Nations.
8.
Wide shot, officers control the heavy machinery during
the training launch
9.
Wide shot, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence and Japanese Ambassador to Kenya
H. E. Tatsushi Terada
10. Med shot, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence and Harry Harinder Sood, Project
Manager, Department of Field Support
11. Wide shot, machinery at the training launch ceremony
12. Wide shot, participants look on during the ceremony
13. Wide shot, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence Kenya, Ambassador of Japan to

Kenya H. E. Tatsushi Terada and Harry Harinder Sood, Project

Manager, Department of Field Support
14. Med shot, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence and Harry Harinder Sood, Project
Manager, Department of Field Support
15. Close up, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kenyas
Cabinet Secretary of Defence
16.
Wide shot, officers control machinery during the launch
ceremony
17. SOUNDBITE: HARRY HARINDER SOOD, PROJECT
MANAGER, DEPARTMENT OF FIELD SUPPORT.
When a peacekeeping mission starts up, one of the greatest
needs is horizontal engineering to set up the mission. So while
peacekeeping fundamentally remains a critical endeavor to
support peaceful settlements, not very much can be achieved
without the peacekeeping missions actually being present. And
that means you need secure, livable camps, you need passable
roads, you need functional airstrips. In United Nations
Peacekeeping, such major horizontal construction tasks are
actually carried out by the military engineering unit that the TCCs
provide.
18. Med shot, machine used to gather gravel at the ground
breaking ceremony

SCRIPT
Kenyas Cabinet Secretary of Defence launches trial training
for the Triangular Partnership Project
7th September 2015, Nairobi: A six week trial training for the
Triangular Partnership Project commenced in Kenyas capital Nairobi
on Monday, under the tutelage of the United Nations Department of
Field Support (UN-DFS) and the Japanese government.
The Triangular Partnership Project is expected to build the
engineering capacity of African Troop Contributing Countries through
training, mentoring and provision of operational equipment, prior to
their deployment to peacekeeping missions.
A total of 10 trainees from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania,
are being trained on how to operate and maintain heavy
engineering equipment and broaden their engineering skills.
When a peacekeeping mission starts up, one of the greatest needs
is horizontal engineering to set up the mission. So while
peacekeeping fundamentally remains a political endeavour to
support peaceful settlements, not very much can be achieved

without the peacekeeping missions actually being present. And that

means you need secure livable camps, you need passable roads,
you need functional airstrips and helipads. In United Nations
Peacekeeping, such major horizontal construction tasks are carried
out by the military engineering unit that the TCCs provide,
explained Harinder Harry Sood, the Project Manager of the
Triangular Partnership Project at the United Nations Headquarters in
New York.
After the trial training, long-term training will start in a static training
facility in one of the East African countries. Consultations on the
location of the facility are still ongoing.
Sood emphasized the significance of the project in supporting
peacekeeping missions. He said, United Nations Peacekeeping
today operates in a context vastly different from when it was first
conceived. Today, we have missions that operate in almost nonpermissive environments; missions, which are in remote areas, in
some of the poorest parts of the world in conflict prone areas; in
areas where there is little peace to keep; and in places where the
threats are often transnational.
He concluded, In such a context, the capability that this project
intends to build cannot be over emphasized.
Kenyas Cabinet Secretary of Defence Ms. Raychelle Omamo
officially opened the trial training at the Humanitarian and Peace
Support School (HPSS) in Embakasi, Nairobi. Ms. Omamo applauded
the government of Japan for providing trainers for the project. She
also thanked the Triangular Partnership Project for using Kenya as a
launching pad for the capability.
In particular we applaud the government of Japan for recognising
the need to support the cause of peace and stability in our region,
through training and capacity building within the framework of the
peacekeeping agenda of the United Nations, said Ms. Omamo.
The Japanese Ambassador to Kenya Tatsushi Terada appreciated
efforts by the Department of Field Support and the Kenya
government in ensuring that the trial training took off smoothly. I
hope the trial training will yield fruitful results and this will in turn
form a basis of a framework for subsequent long term training, he
said.
In September 2014, during the Summit on UN Peacekeeping,
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe committed to provide
engineering equipment in Africa through a Trust Fund in the United
Nations. The Japanese government has already provided almost $40
million for initial operations. The capital will support infrastructure

development and procurement of heavy engineering plant

equipment for both training and deployment.
END