STORY: AMISOM HANDS OVER ANOTHER NEWLY

CONSTRUCTED POLICE STATION IN HIIRAAN

REGION
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DATELINE: 25/MARCH/2016, JALALAQSI, SOMALIA
SHORT LIST
1. Med shot, banner of the police station hand over
2. Wide shot, Jalalaqsi police station
3. Wide shot, Somali Police Commissioner, Maj General Mohamed
Sheikh Hassan Hamud inspecting the station
4. Med shot, Jalalaqsi police station
5. Wide shot, Jalalaqsi police station
6. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AIG Amadu Mannah, the Acting
Special Assistant to the AMISOM Police Commissioner
I led a team comprising the Somali Police Force Commissioner and members
of the AMISOM civil affairs and police component to Jalalaqsi to officially
commission and handover a newly constructed police station to the SPF
Police Commissioner Sheikh Hamud and the community.
7. Wide shot, Somali Police Commissioner meeting residents
8. Med shot, Somali Police Commissioner meeting residents
9. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Somali Police Commissioner, Maj
General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud
The aim of this visit is to deploy Somali Police Force officers in the newly
liberated areas and as you may be aware, AMISOM has been assisting the
Somali Police in rehabilitating the police station in Jalalaqsi. It was on March
19, 2016 when AMISOM opened and handed to us a police station in Mahas
and today we are here in Jalalaqsi district, reopening a police station and
deploying a number of police officers, including the district police
commissioner,
10. Med shot, newly deployed police officers
11. Close up shot, newly deployed police officers
12. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AIG Amadu Mannah, the Acting
Special Assistant to the AMISOM Police Commissioner
We have several such projects all over the country. We have opened and
handed over a few, including the one in Dhobley, Baidoa police clinic,
Cadaale, Mahas and today, Jalalaqsi. We still have a few, including Barawe,
and others that we shall undertake quickly and hopefully handover before the
end of this year.

13. Wide shot, Somali Police Commissioner meeting residents

14. Close up shot, residents listening
15. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Somali Police Commissioner, Maj
General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud
We were focusing on training of the officers as well as providing them with
the necessary equipment they need to execute their duties. As you are aware
this is part of the stabilization plan and is not an easy task. We are looking
forward to receiving assistance from our partners to speed up the stabilization
plan which is a critical part of the AMISOM operation,
16. Med shot, women clapping
STORY
AMISOM HANDS OVER ANOTHER NEWLY CONSTRUCTED POLICE
STATION IN HIIRAAN REGION
Hiiraan, March 25, 2016 - AMISOM has handed over a newly constructed
police station in Jalalaqsi district to the Somali Police Force, to enhance
security and the rule of law in Hiiraan region.
The station is the second in Hiiraan region, coming a few days after the
handover of a renovated police station in Mahas district. The construction and
renovation of police stations in the country by the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) is part of the stabilization program aimed at improving the
institutional capacity of the Somali Police Force (SPF) to enable them secure
the country.
I led a team comprising the Somali Police Force Commissioner and members
of the AMISOM civil affairs and police component to Jalalaqsi to officially
commission and handover a newly constructed police station to the SPF
Police Commissioner Mohamed Sheikh Hamud and the community, the
Acting Special Assistant to the AMISOM Police Commissioner, Assistant
Inspector General (AIG) Amadu Mannah said at the ceremony attended by
local elders and members of public in Jalalaqsi on 23 rd March, 2016.
The Somali Police Commissioner, Maj. Gen. Mohamed Sheikh Hamud, hailed
AMISOM for its role in strengthening the SPF, adding that deployment of
police officers to newly liberated areas is part of the stabilization process.
The aim of this visit is to deploy Somali Police Force officers in the newly
liberated areas and as you may be aware, AMISOM has been assisting
Somali police in rehabilitating the police station in Jalalaqsi, Somali Police
Commissioner Maj. Gen. Hamud explained.
AIG Mannah said several such projects have already been unveiled in other
parts of the country mainly Dhobley, Baidoa and Cadaale among others.
We still have a few, including Barawe, that we shall undertake quickly and
hopefully handover before the end of this year, the Acting Special Assistant to
the AMISOM Police Commissioner added.

Somali Police Commissioner, Maj. Gen. Mohamed Sheikh Hamud, observed

that given the magnitude of the challenges facing the police force, it was
necessary to prioritize, adding that SPF was currently focusing on training as
well as providing the necessary equipment needed to maintain law and order.
As you are aware this is part of the stabilization plan and is not an easy task,
noted the Somali Police Commissioner, who also called for more assistance.
Michael Kipoi, an officer from the AMISOM Civil Affairs Unit, said many such
projects were ongoing while others were in the pipeline.
Ends