STORY:AMISOM hands over newly constructed police

station in Dhobley
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ SOMALI/ NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 17/MAY/2020, DHOBLEY, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, vehicle carrying AMISOM Sector 2 commander arriving at

the venue
2. Med shot, AMISOM Sector 2 commander Brigadier Paul Njema
alighting from the vehicle
3. Med shot, AMISOM being received by officials from AMISOM and
Jubbaland state officials upon arrival
4. Wide shot, newly constructed Police station in Dhobley
5. Med shot, signage of the police station
6. Wide shot, newly constructed Police station in Dhobley
7. Med shot, AMISOM Sector 2 commander Brigadier Paul Njema flanked
by AMISOM and Jubbaland state officials arriving at the newly built
Police station
8. Med shot, AMISOM Sector 2 commander Brigadier Paul Njema flanked
by Dhobley District Administrator, Siyad Mohamed Hassan cutting the
tape during the official handover of the newly build Police station in
Dhobley
9. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) BRIG. PAUL NJEMA, AMISOM SECTOR 2
COMMANDER
“We want to say, Dhobley continues to be secure, it has grown to a
very big town and off course when towns grow they come with
challenges and these challenges is what we are trying to address part
of it being this station and the others because if you go round to town
there are other basic infrastructure that need to be put in place to
ensure that the community here in Dhobley are secure and they are
safe.”

10. Med shot, AMISOM Sector 2 commander and other officials from
AMISOM and Jubbaland state inspecting the newly built Police Station
11. Med shot, AMISOM Sector 2 commander and other officials from
AMISOM and Jubbaland state inspecting the newly built Police Station
12. Wide shot, interior view of the newly built Police Station
13. Med shot, interior view of the newly built Police Station
 14. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) DHOBLEY DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR,
SIYAD MOHAMED HASSAN
“The police were in need of such a facility to help better serve the community
and we are really grateful to our AMISOM brothers and we promise to make
use of the facility.”

15. Med shot, AMISOM Sector 2 commander listening during the handover
ceremony
16. Close up shot, AMISOM Sector 2 commander listening during the
handover ceremony
17. Close up shot, Dhobley District Administrator, listening during the
handover ceremony
18. Med shot, SNA and jubbaland state officials listening during the
handover ceremony
19. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MAJ. MOHAMED ABDI DAHIYE, DHOBLEY
POLICE COMMANDER
“Dhobley town has grown before it used to be small but now it has
expanded. We would wish two more police stations to be constructed
in the extreme ends of the town in the north and west that comes under
the Dhobley police station.”

20. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers and Somali Police and military
officers listening during the handover ceremony
21. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
(DSP) GRACE AREMU, DHOBLEY AMISOM POLICE TEAM
LEADER
“We erected the groundbreaking of this police station on 17 th February
2020 and today 17th May 2020, we are here to do the official
commissioning and handing over to the Dhobley police for their official
use and we still have more of this for Dhobley people.”

22. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MISKI MOHAMED ALI, JUBBALAND

POLICE OFFICER
“We are very much delighted with the new station because the old
structure that we used to operate used to leak during the rainy season,
it was stuffy and congested but now I am happy the new station is nice
and cool.”

23. Close up shot, flag blowing in the wind

AMISOM hands over newly constructed police station in Dhobley

DHOBLEY, Somalia 18 May, 2020 - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
on Sunday handed over a newly constructed police station in Dhobley town funded
by the Danish government to Jubaland State as part of its mandate to boost security
in line with the Somalia Transition Plan.
Funded under the AMISOM Quick Impacts project, which seeks to improve security
through community policing in a town such as Dhobley, which over the years has
expanded with a burgeoning population. The facility will also provide space for
Jubaland police mentorship programs in Dhobley and surrounding areas by AMISOM
police component, which trains and mentors Somali Police Force.

AMISOM Sector 2 commander Brigadier Paul Njema presided over the handing over
ceremony, which was attended by AMISOM Police and Jubaland administrative and
police officials in Dhobley. Brig. Njema, spoke on behalf of the Special Representative
of the African Union Commission Chairperson for Somalia, (SRCC), Ambassador
Francisco Madeira

“We want to say, Dhobley continues to be secure, it has grown to a very big town
and off course when towns grow they come with challenges and these challenges is
what we are trying to address part of it being this station and the others because if
you go round to town there are other basic infrastructure that need to be put in
place to ensure that the community here in Dhobley are secure and they are safe,”
Brig. Njema said.

Dhobley District Administration Siyad Mohamed Hassan praised AMISOM for their
selfless efforts in supporting the Somali people and mentoring and training the
Somalia Police Force. He promised Dhobley residents would work closely with the
police in order to make use of the new police station.

“The police was in need of such a facility to help better serve the community and we
are really grateful to our AMISOM brothers and we promise to make use of the
facility,” Administrator Hassan said.

MORE SUPPORT
Major Mohamed Abdi Dahiye, Dhobley Police Commander said the new police
station could not have come at a better time now when Dhobley town has expanded
and there is need for more police stations to serve the growing population.

“Dhobley town has grown before it used to be small but now it has expanded. We
would wish two more police stations to be constructed in the extreme ends of the
town in the north and west that comes under the Dhobley police station,” Maj.
Dahiye said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Grace Aremu, the Dhobley AMISOM Police
Team Leader promised the people of Dhobley AMISOM will continue to support
them and their government.

“We erected the groundbreaking of this police station on 17th February 2020 and
today 17th May 2020, we are here to do the official commissioning and handing over
to the Dhobley police for their official use and we still to have more of this for
Dhobley people,” DSP Aremu reiterated.
Jubaland Police Officer Miski Mohamed Ali is excited the new facility will help them
better serve the community

“We are very much delighted with the new station because the old structure that we
used to operate used to leak during the rainy season, it was stuffy and congested but
now am happy the new station is nice and cool,” said Miski.

“We are very delighted with the new station because the old structure that we
operated in used to leak during the rainy season. It was also stuffy and congested.
The new station is a vast improvement and our services to the community shall
improve also,” Miski said.