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Security
arrangements
are
satisfactory at the electoral centre in
Kismaayo - AMISOM Police
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DATELINE: November 07 2016, Kismaayo, Somalia
SHOT LIST
1.
Wide shot, AMISOM Police officers in discussion
2.
Med shot, AMISOM Police Training and Development Coordinator
ACP Francis Ayitey Aryee with other AMISOM Police officers at the election
hall in Kismaayo
3.
Med shot, AMISOM Police officers at the election hall in Kismaayo
4.
Close up, ACP Francis Ayitey Aryee at the election hall in
Kismaayo
5.
Med shot, AMISOM Polices ACP Francis Ayitey Aryee with other
AMISOM Police officers at the election hall in Kismaayo
6.
Wide shot, AMISOM Polices ACP Francis Ayitey Aryee with other
AMISOM Police officers
7.
Close up, the Jubbaland representative for the Somalia Election
Security Taskforce Mr. Mohamed Abdinor Ahmed with AMISOM officers at
the election hall in Kismaayo
8.
SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Mr. Mohamed Abdinor Ahmed,
Jubbaland representative on the Somalia Election Security
Taskforce:
We discussed means of collaborating during the electoral process in
Kismaayo, as we expect that the process for the Lower House will
commence in the next few days. Today, we were planning, before the
process kicks off to ensure that everything is in place. We reached
consensus that all the facilities necessary for the electoral process in
Jubbaland are in place.
9.
Wide shot, AMISOM Polices ACP, Francis Ayitey Aryee with other
AMISOM Police officers in a meeting with members of the Jubbaland State
Indirect Electoral Implementation Team Chairperson, Mr. Abdi Ali Raghe in
a meeting

10. Med shot, AMISOM Police officer in a meeting with the Jubbaland
officials
11. Med shot, ACP, Francis Ayitey Aryee with other AMISOM Police
officers in the election place of Kismaayo
12. SOUNDBITE: AMISOM Police Training and Development
Coordinator ACP Francis Ayitey Aryee:
We needed to come and inspect what is on the ground in terms of
securing the electoral process. We have met the chairman of Jubbaland
State Level Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT). We are happy
with what we have found.
13. Wide shot, AMISOM Police officers and members of the Somalia
Elections Security Task Force touring the polling station
14. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers and other members of the
Somalia Elections Security Task Force touring the polling station
15. Wide shot, AMISOM Police Training and Development Coordinator
and members of the Somalia Elections Security Task Forces, ACP Francis
Ayitey Aryee and other officers at the polling station
16. SOUNDBITE: AMISOM Police Training and Development
Coordinator ACP Francis Ayitey Aryee:
The delegates will come in and exercise their responsibility without
hindrance or fear of intimidation. We expect a free fair credible,
transparent and incident free process. We want to take this opportunity to
thank the Jubbaland state government for all their efforts, in trying to
make sure the process takes off successfully. Somalias general elections
will be a landmark and a step further towards getting the country back to
normalcy.
17. Wide shot, a group photo of AMISOM Police and Jubbaland
officials

SCRIPT
Security arrangements are satisfactory at the electoral centre in
Kismaayo - AMISOM Police
Kismaayo, 07th November 2016- Senior police officials from the African
Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have expressed satisfaction with the
security arrangements at the electoral center in Kismaayo, the capital of
Jubbaland State.
The team from AMISOM led by ACP Francis Ayitey Aryee held discussions with
top Jubbaland administration officials earlier today, on security measures
which have been put in place to ensure an incident free election in Jubbaland

State. ACP Aryee is a member of the Security Task Force charged with
overseeing and coordinating security during the electoral process.
We expect that the delegates will come in and exercise their responsibility
without hindrance or fear of intimidation. We expect a free, fair, credible,
transparent and incident free process, ACP Aryree said.
He added, We want to take this opportunity to thank the Jubbaland state
administration for all their efforts in trying to make sure the process takes off
successfully. Somalias electoral process will be a landmark and a step
further towards getting the country back to normalcy.

The team also held a meeting with the chairperson of the Jubbaland Statelevel Indirect Electoral Implementation Team, Mr. Abdi Ali Raghe and the
Jubbaland representative on the Somalia Electoral Security Taskforce Mr.
Mohamed Abdinor Ahmed.
We expect that the process for the Lower House will commence in the next
few days. Today, we were planning, before the process kicks off to ensure
that everything is in place, Mr. Mohamed Abdinor Ahmed, who is also
advisor to the Jubbaland President explained
We are happy with what we have found, ACP Aryee summed up
assessment mission to Kismaayo.

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AMISOM is working closely with the Somali National Security Forces, the
Federal government and regional states to secure the electoral process.
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