STORY: AMISOM POLICE SOCCER TEAM

SUBDUED BY LOCAL DHARKENLEY FOOTBALL

TEAM
DURATION: 2:11
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 4TH MARCH 2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, AMISOM police and Dharkenley teams playing
2. Med shot, Dharkenley youth watching a football match
3. Med shot, AMISOM police female officers watching
4. Wide shot, both teams pose for a photograph
5. Med shot, AMISOM police operations commander Isidore
Kirukiye warming up
6. Med shot, Dharkenley team players
7. Med shot, AMISOM police team players
8. Wide shot, teams shaking hands
9. Wide shot, AMISOM police and Dharkenley teams playing
10. Med shot, AMISOM police and Dharkenley teams playing
11. Close up shot, AMISOM police team reserve players watching
12. Close up shot, Dharkenley youth
13. SOUNDBITE(English) AMISOM Formed Police Unit 3rd Contingent
Commander Bamuzibire Samuel

youth come together, let us denounce insecurity because with

insecurity you cannot do much. I have already seen the art here even
now, Somalia will be playing in African Cup, so we call upon the youth
denounce insecurity, come together so that we play we transform our
society.
14. Med shot, teams playing
15. Close up shot, AMISOM police female officers
16. Wide shot, teams playing
17. Med shot, Dharkenley youth watching
18. Med shot, AMISOM FPU unit on guard
19. SOUNDBITE(Somali) Dharkenley District Commissioner, Adam
Mohamed Omar
20. Dharkenley district teams gathered together here with AMISOM
Police and Somali Police playing a football match which shows
community interaction, and this is the role of AMISOM and Somali
Police so as to engage the population and give them awareness.

21. Wide shot, AMISOM Formed Police Unit 3rd Contingent Commander
Bamuzibire Samuel and Dharkenley District Commissioner, Adam
Mohamed Omar handing over balls to the youth
22. Wide shot, AMISOM police team and Dharkenley shaking hands after
the match

SCRIPT

AMISOM Police soccer team subdued by local Dharkenley football

team.
Dharkenley district in Banaadir region of Mogadishu was last evening teeming
with soccer enthusiasts as officers from the Police component of African
Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and their counterparts from the Somali
Police Force, competed in a football match against resident teams.
It was a tussle of a different kind for a Force that is synonymous with policing
Somalia alongside their counterparts in the Somali Police Force.
In a competitive atmosphere, the Dharkenley District Team entered the pitch
shortly before 5pm ready to challenge their opponents, which consisted of the
AMISOM Police Soccer Team, led by the Operations Commander Isidore
Kirukiye and Formed Police unit 3 rd Contingent Commander Bamuzibire
Samuel.
The adrenaline raising but entertaining match saw the youthful Dharkenley
Team outdo their opponents in ball possession, before a cheering crowd.
When the final whistle went off, AMISOM Police had lost 3-0 to Dharkenley.
After the match, the victor team was rewarded with footballs courtesy of their
opponents, the AMISOM Police. The footballs are meant to give the youth an
opportunity to engage themselves in more meaningful activities such as
sports. It is in line with AMISOMs policy of community engagement.
The handover ceremony of the footballs to the soccer teams was presided
over by Dhakenley District Commissioner Adam Mohamed Omar, who
thanked AMISOM Police for the kind gesture. He said, Dharkenley district
teams gathered together here with AMISOM Police and Somali Police playing
a football match shows a high level of community interaction, a role AMISOM
Police and Somali Police are doing well in order to engage the population and
create awareness.

Also speaking at the event, Formed Police Unit 3 rd Contingent Commander

Bamuzibire Samuel said, At this juncture we denounce insecurity, we urge
the youth to come together, let us denounce insecurity because with insecurity
you cannot do what you have seen us do here. Even now, Somalia will be
playing in African Cup, so call upon other youth in denouncing insecurity,
come together so that we do what? We play and transform our society.
District Commissioner Adam Mohamed Omar added, AMISOM Police has
been using football matches, as one way of engaging youths who are prone to
crime. This engagement will be spread to other districts of Benadir region and
other regions of the country.
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