STORY: Forty Individual AMISOM Police Officers end a

year’s tour of duty in Somalia

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DATELINE: 16/JANUARY/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, AMISOM Individual Police Officers saluting as the anthem plays
2. Mid shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner flanked by
other senior AMISOM officials saluting as the anthem plays
3. Wide shot, AMISOM Individual Police Officers sitting down after the anthem
4. Mid shot, AMISOM Individual Police Officers listening during the function
5. Close up shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner following
proceedings during the function
6. Mid shot, AMISOM Police officers listening during the function
7. Wide shot, Facilitator giving opening remarks
8. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) CHRISTINE ALALO, ACTING AMISOM POLICE
COMMISSIONER
“Your contribution to providing the Somali Police Force with the international
policing standards is worthy of note and appreciated. You went over and
beyond your call of duty and for that we commend your efforts. I want to
thank everybody and there are those who put in much effort”.

9. Wide shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner going to give medals and
certificates
10. Mid shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner pinning medal and handing
certificate to an Individual Police Officer
11. Mid shot, AMISOM Individual Police Officers looking on during the function
12. Mid shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner pinning medal on an
Individual Police Officer
13. Wide shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner handing out certificate to an
Individual Police Officer
14. Wide shot, Individual Police officer going to receive his medal and certificate
15. Mid shot, Individual Police officer going to receive his medal and certificate
16. Close up shot, Individual Police officers looking on
17. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) CHRISTINE ALALO, ACTING AMISOM POLICE
COMMISSIONER
 “I want to think that the Somalis have got the best from you. You have
managed to provide for the Somali Police Force the best skills that you
brought from home”.

18. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers listening after receiving medals and
certificates
19. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) KUNDA MIRIAM, MOTOR TRANSPORT OFFICER
(MTO)
“My role was to make sure that the equipment assigned to us in terms of
transport was readily available at all given times; in terms of fuel and
condition of the vehicle. I made sure that I facilitated in a way that made it
possible for them to go out on patrol or do whatever they were supposed to
do. I ensured the vehicles were roadworthy and readily available for them”.
20. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) INSPECTOR ALVINCE OSURA, INDIVIDUAL POLICE
OFFICER, TEAM LEADER BELETWEYNE
“We have been able to mentor Somali Police to international policing
standards. We are leaving behind a better police force in terms of handling
suspects, investigation and public relations. We can also see many police
women joining the police force contrary to what we found in the beginning”
21. Wide shot, group posing for photo

STORY

Forty Individual AMISOM Police Officers end a year’s tour of duty in Somalia

Mogadishu, 16 January 2019 - A total of forty (40) Individual Police Officers (IPOs)
from Police Contributing Countries to AMISOM will be leaving Somalia this week, at
the end of their tour of duty.

The officers from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia received
medals and certificates of service at a ceremony presided over by the Acting
AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo.

“Your contribution to providing the Somali Police Force with the international
policing standards is worthy of note and appreciated. You went over and beyond
your call of duty and for that we commend your efforts,” Ms. Alalo said to the police
officers, who trained and mentored the Somali police officers in Mogadishu and
outstations.

“We are grateful for the support and collaboration we received from our Somali
counterparts. We are leaving behind best policing practices comparable to
international standards. We are confident that our Somali counterparts are better
placed in terms of handling suspects, investigations, conduct and discipline,” noted
Inspector Alvince Osura from Kenya.

Present at the ceremony were senior AMISOM police officers, among them
the Police Coordinator for Reforms and Restructuring, Maxwell Chikunguru, Police
Operations Coordinator, Daniel Ali Gwambal, and the acting Police Training
Coordinator Leon Ngulube.

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