STORY: Somali President affirms electoral

process a milestone, at a meeting with

Uganda army chief
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DATELINE: 3/JANUARY/2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot of the President of Somalia, H.E Hassan
Sheikh Mohamud in a meeting with the Chief of Defence
Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General
Katumba Wamala.
2. Medium shot of the President of Somalia, H.E Hassan
Sheikh Mohamud with the Chief of Defence Forces of the
Somali National Army Maj. Gen. Mohamed Adan Ahmed at the
meeting.
3. Medium shot of the President of Somalia, H.E Hassan
Sheikh Mohamud.
4. Medium shot of the Chief of Defence Forces of the
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala
and the outgoing Sector Commander Brigadier Sam Okiding at
the meeting.
5. Wide shot of the President of Somalia, H.E Hassan
Sheikh Mohamud shaking hands with the Chief of Defence
Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General
Katumba Wamala after the meeting.
6. SOUNDBITE: HASSAN SHEIKH MOHAMUD PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA
In 2020, the plan is to have one person, one vote and
the elections are to happen on constituency basis and
districts far away. So within the next four years these
electoral processes will be finalised, the laws and all
those institutions are already in place, but capacitating
and making it functional is what will be done in the
near future and in 2020, one person one vote will take
place throughout Somalia.
7. Wide shot of the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda
Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala and

AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh

arriving at the AMISOM Force Headquarters.
8. Wide shot of Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda
Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala greeting
senior AMISOM military officials.
9. Wide shot (Low angle shot) of Chief of Defence Forces of
the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba
Wamala greeting senior AMISOM military officials.
10.
Wide shot of Chief of Defence Forces of the
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala
and the AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor
Soubagleh arriving in the meeting room.
11.
Wide shot of AMISOM officials seated inside the
meeting room.
12.
Close up shot of one of the AMISOM officials in the
meeting.
13.
Medium shot of AMISOM officials in a meeting
room.
14.
Wide shot of AMISOM officials in a meeting room.
15.
SOUNDBITE: GENERAL KATUMBA WAMALA CHIEF OF UGANDA DEFENCE FORCES
Our highest appreciation is in what you have been
able to do especially in managing the electoral process.
I think this is a milestone; it is something which has to
go down in records that this was achieved .
16.
Wide shot of several Uganda Peoples defence
forces soldiers in a meeting.
17.
Medium shot of several Uganda Peoples defence
forces soldiers in a meeting.
18.
Close up shot of one of the Uganda Peoples
Defence soldiers in a meeting.
19.
Wide shot of several Uganda Peoples defence
forces soldiers in a meeting.
20.
SOUNDBITE: BRIGADIER SAM OKIDING - OUT
GOING UGANDA CONTINGENT COMMANDER
The electoral process is a major event led by the
federal government, It is significant to the
development and future of this country. (On) the
security, we managed to handle it and we are still
managing it. And it is my prayer that it come to a
successful conclusion
21.
Close up shot of the Chief of Defence Forces of the
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala
and the AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor
Soubagleh and other senior AMISOM officials posing for a
group picture.

22.
Medium shot of the Chief of Defence Forces of the
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala
and the AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor
Soubagleh and other AMISOM officials posing for a group
picture.
23.
Wide shot of the Chief of Defence Forces of the
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala
and the AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Osman Noor
Soubagleh and other AMISOM officials posing for a group
photo.
STORY: Somali President affirms electoral process a
milestone, at a meeting with Uganda army chief
MOGADISHU, 03 JANUARY 2017 - On a working visit to the horn
of Africa nation Tuesday, Ugandas Chief of Defence Forces Gen.
Edward Katumba Wamala paid a courtesy visit to Somali President
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and held talks with his counterpart Chief of
the Somali National Army (SNA), Maj. Gen. Mohamed Adan Ahmed.
The meeting took place at the presidential palace situated in the
heart of the capital Mogadishu.
President Hassan Sheikh described the countrys ongoing electoral
process as a major milestone for Somalia, adding that the country
last witnessed elections in 1969.
It is a journey that is going on. In 2020, the plan is to have oneperson one-vote election and the elections will happen in
constituencies and in districts far way, President Mohamud stated.
Gen. Wamala also visited a contingent of African Union troops whom
he saluted for their contribution to the countrys electoral process.
Our highest appreciation of what you have been able to do
especially in managing the electoral process. I think this is a
milestone. Its something which has got to go down in records that
this was achieved, Gen. Katumba told troops during a meeting, at
the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) headquarters today.
The army chief noted that the peace dividends currently being
enjoying in Somalia, were a result of improved security in the
country. He called on international partners to support AMISOM to
further consolidate these achievements.
Many lives have been lost on this land, but this should not go in
vain. It is our way of helping our African brothers gain back their
country, he told the troops.

Gen. Katumba also presided over a handover ceremony between the

outgoing Ugandan contingent commander Brigadier Sam Okiding
and incoming commander Brigadier Kayanja Muhanga.
The handover ceremony took place at the AMISOM Sector One
headquarters in Mogadishu.
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