STORY: AMISOM Police expands its presence to Dhobley in

Somalia’s Lower Jubba region

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 25/MARCH/2019, DHOBLEY, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, a helicopter lands at Dhobley airfield carrying AMISOM Individual

Police Officers deployed in Dhobley for the first time
2. Med shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs) disembarking from the helicopter
3. Med shot, the Individual Police Officers
4. Wide shot, Rex Dundun, the AMISOM Police Chief of Staff who is currently the
Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner being received on arrival in Dhobley
5. Med shot, Rex Dundun, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner walking
7. Wide shot, Colonel Hassan Challa, AMISOM Deputy Sector 2 Commander, meets
with Rex Dundun and his team
8. Close up shot Rex Dundun, the Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner
9. Med shot, AMISOM KDF military officers
10. Med shot, Somali security officers
11. Med shot, Rex Dundun, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner
12. Wide shot, Rex Dundun, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner and Somali
security officers
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rex Dundun, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner
“The reason for coming to Dhobley today, is to deploy the first detachment of 9
Individual Police Officers from AMISOM, who will assist the local police in Dhobley in
developing their capacity. We are going to do this through mentoring, training and
support in infrastructural development. We are aware of the tremendous duties the
Kenyan Defence Forces of AMISOM in securing Dhobley and ensuring that the area is
safe. Now is the time to build the local police capacity, so that they can now take
charge of the internal security of Dhobley and its environs,”

14. Close up shot, Somali security officers

15. Wide shot, Rex Dundun, the Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner with Somali
security officers
16. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Col. Haybe Ahmed Abdullahi, Dhobley Police Commander
“We would like our forces to get quality world class training from this collaboration
with AMISOM. Most especially, we hope to learn skills and benefit from the
experience and expertise of AMISOM police officers,”

17. Wide shot, the Individual Police Officers attend a briefing

18. Close up shot, Rex Dundun, the Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, talking to a
senior AMISOM military officer
19. Med shot, the Individual Police Officers
20. Wide shot, the Individual Police Officers in a briefing
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Superintendent of Police Muhangi Edison, Commander of
the team deployed in Dhobley
“You know the work of the police is to protect the life and property. So, we have
come to cooperate with our brothers in the Somali Police Force, to secure the lives
of the populations”

22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deputy Superintendent of Police Tolulope Ipimmisho,

one of the deployed Individual Police Officers
“We are all here as AMISOM policemen to help the Somali government. We will
work hand in hand with them, mentor them and help them restore peace and order.
It is one Africa and will ensure there is space in the whole of Africa”

23. Wide shot, the Individual Police Officers meeting with other security officials

STORY

AMISOM Police expands its presence to Dhobley in Somalia’s Lower Jubba region

Dhobley, 26 March 2019 - A detachment of nine Individual Police Officers (IPOs)

from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have deployed in Dhobley in
the Lower Jubba region, to embark on capacity building activities.

The AU police officers who are specialists in different fields, will work alongside
Jubbaland State Police Force, to train local police and expand their presence in the
region.

“The reason for coming to Dhobley today, is to deploy the first detachment of 9
Individual Police Officers from AMISOM, who will assist the local police in Dhobley in
developing their capacity. We are going to do this through mentoring, training and
support in infrastructural development,” Rex Dundun, the AMISOM Police Chief of
Staff, who is also the Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner said on the arrival of the
Individual Police Officers in Dhobley yesterday.
The deployment of AMISOM Police to Dhobley is in fulfilment of the UN Security
Council Resolution 2431(2018), which calls for a reduction of uniformed personnel
and increased presence of the AU Police in the country, to support the expansion
and maintenance of law and order; as security responsibilities transition to the
Somali security forces. Dhobley and the rest of Lower Jubba region is secured by the
Kenya Defence Forces under AMISOM.

“We are aware of the tremendous responsibility the Kenya Defence Forces of
AMISOM have, in securing Dhobley and ensuring that the area is safe. Now is the
time to build the local police capacity, so that they can now take charge of the
internal security of Dhobley and its environs,” stated DCP Dundun who had
accompanied the IPOs. He added that AMISOM may also deploy a contingent of
Formed Police Unit in the town, to assist in joint security operations.

The AU Police Officers will be in Dhobley for the next one year, during which they
will bolster the capacity and develop substantial police presence in the entire Lower
Jubba region.

“We would like our forces to get quality world class training from this collaboration
with AMISOM. Most especially, we hope to learn skills and benefit from the
experience and expertise of AMISOM police officers,” Col. Haybe Ahmed Abdullahi,
the police commander in Dhobley said.

The Individual Police Officers expressed keen interest in embarking on their duties.

“You know the work of the police is to protect the life and property. So, we have
come to cooperate with our brothers in the Somali Police Force, to secure the lives
of the populations” said SP Muhangi Edison, the team leader of the IPOs.

DSP Tolulope Ipimmisho, another Individual Police Officer conveyed optimism about
the future of the Somali Police Force in general.

“We will work hand in hand with them, mentor them and help them restore peace
and order,” she asserted.

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