STORY: AMISOM FORCE COMMANDER ENDS

TOUR OF DUTY
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DATELINE: 15 DECEMBER 2014 / MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot; Aden Abdulleh International Airport
2. Wide shot; AMISOM Ugandan forces on parade
3. Close up shot; guns
4. Medium shot; Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union
Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of AMISOM Ambassador Maman
Sidikou, AMISOM Uganda forces contingent commander Brig. Sam Kavuma
and Acting AMISOM Force Commander Maj. Gen. Jonathan Rono at the
airport
5. Medium shot; UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Somalia (SRSG) Nicholas Kay and SRCC Maman S. Sidikou
6. Medium shot; Acting AMISOM Force Commander Maj. Gen. Jonathan
Rono and Retired Gen. Simon Karanja, former Amisom Deputy Force
Commander
7. Wide shot; SRCC shaking hands with outgoing AMISOM Force
Commander Lt. Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa
8. Close up shot; SRCC Maman Sidikou
9. Wide shot; Guard of honour
10. Medium shot; Lt. Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa being saluted
11. Medium shot; AMISOM Ugandan soldiers on parade
12. Close up shot; AMISOM Burundian soldiers on parade
13. Wide shot; Outgoing AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Silas
Ntigurirwa inspecting the Guard of Honour
14. Medium shot; AMISOM Ethiopia officers and British military officers seeing
off the Outgoing AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa
15. Wide shot; Outgoing AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Silas
Ntigurirwa inspecting the Guard of Honour
16. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) OUTGOING FORCE COMMANDER LT. GEN.
SILAS NTIGURIRWA
My tour of duty as AMISOM Force Commander has ended. Now I go back to my
country Burundi but the message I can say to AMISOM Forces, partners and all
Somalis is just to continue to work very closely and to support each other. AMISOM
Forces have to note that Aluta Continua (The struggle goes on); because what we
have to do is to liberate all of Somalia completely and in liberating all of Somalia we

have to work closely, to work as a team. So they have to continue very strongly to
work with all Somalis, to continue to support the Federal Government of Somalia in
order to completely liberate the entire Somalia. I wish all the best to Somalis, all
AMISOM Forces and all partners as well.

17. Wide shot; Outgoing AMISOM Force Commander being saluted by the
various troop contributing countries (TCC) officers
18. Medium shot; Outgoing AMISOM Force Commander being saluted by the
AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay, Acting AMISOM Force
Commander Maj. Gen. Jonathan Rono and hugs the SRCC
19. Medium shot; Outgoing AMISOM Force Commander shakes hands with
AMISOM Uganda forces Contingent Commander Brig. Sam Kavuma
20. Medium shot; Lt. Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa shakes hands with SRSG Nicholas
Kay as he bids farewell
21. Wide shot; plane leaving with the Outgoing AMISOM Force Commander Lt.
Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa

SCRIPT
Mogadishu, December 15, 2014 A formal farewell ceremony was held today in
Mogadishu for the outgoing AMISOM Force Commander Lieutenant General Silas
Ntigurirwa, who has concluded his tour of duty.
Gen. Ntigurirwa, who is from Burundi, was seen off by the Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of
AMISOM, Ambassador Maman S. Sidikou, Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay, AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand
Pillay as well as senior AMISOM commanders from Uganda, Ethiopia and other
countries with individual support staff at the AMISOM Force headquarters.
Lt. Gen. Silas was appointed AMISOM Force Commander on December 16, 2013
taking over from Lt. General Andrew Gutti from Uganda. During his year-long tenure
as commander of AMISOM, the mission recorded significant military victories against
the Al-Shabaab terror group by liberating 10 strategic towns including the former
stronghold of Baraawe, under Operation Indian Ocean and Operation Eagle.
Speaking at the airport, Lt. Gen. Ntigurirwa said his experience has been enriching
and urged his successors to keep up the struggle for the liberation of Somalia.
My tour of duty as AMISOM Force Commander has ended. Now I go back to my
country Burundi but the message I can say to AMISOM Forces, partners and all
Somalis is just to continue to work very closely and to support each other. AMISOM
Forces have to note that aluta continua (The struggle goes on); because what we
have to do is to completely liberate all of Somalia and in liberating all of Somalia we
have to work closely as a team. So they have to continue very strongly to work with
all Somalis, to continue to support the Federal Government of Somalia in order to
completely liberate the entire of Somalia. I wish all the best to Somalis, all AMISOM
Forces and all partners as well, the outgoing General said.
Major General Jonathan Kipkemoi Rono of Kenya, who until recently was Deputy
Force Commander in charge of Logistics is now the Acting AMISOM Force
Commander.

ENDS.