STORY: AMISOM TRAINS NEW SOMALI

POLICE RECRUITS IN BAIDOA

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 22ND AUGUST 2015, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, new recruits taking lessons
2. Med shot, AMISOM instructor giving lessons
3. Close up shot, AMISOM Instructor giving lessons
4. Wide shot, new recruits listening to lessons
5. Med shot, new recruits
6. Close up shot, female recruit
7. Wide shot, AMISOM instructor giving lessons
8. Med shot, new recruits listening to lessons
9. Close up shot, one of the new recruits
10. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI): Abdullahi Mohamed Adan, recruit
We are the new recruits for the Interim South West Administration
(ISWA) Police force which will be deployed to the newly liberated
areas by the Somali Federal Government coming under ISWA. We
are receiving basic training for recruits in AMISOM base camp in
Baidoa.
11. Med shot, female recruits listening to lectures
12. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI): Abdullahi Mohamed Adan, recruit
We are very happy about this training since we are the natives of
this area and our training will be a boost to the current police force
in the area. We are the youth who are required to bring peace and
development to our area and the only way we can do that is to have
a strong police force that can maintain law and order and work for
the safety of our people.
13. Wide shot, new recruits taking lessons
14. Medium shot, new recruits taking lessons
15. Close up shot, one of the new recruits
16. Med shot, AMISOM Police trainer
17. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Sholla Omilade, AMISOM Superintendent
of Police
We are presently in Baidoa to train on the basic recruit training for
newly recruits for Somali Police of Baidoa. We are going to train

them for about three months so as to build confidence in the new

Somali Police Force, to rebuild the confidence in the citizens and to
have hope again in Somalia and have hope in the police force.
Presently we have about 200 students in the training and it is going
to run for about 9 months. We intended to train about 600 but
presently we are taking only 200. The course commenced just two
days ago which is precisely on 18th of August and is going to end by
November 17. Thereafter we will commence the training for the
second batch of another 200 and the third batch of another 200 is
scheduled to run for 9 months consecutively. Each batch will go for 3
months intensive basic recruit training.
18. Med shot, AMISOM instructor demonstrating to the new recruits
19. Close up shot, AMISOM instructor demonstrating to the new
recruits
SCRIPT
At least 200 new Somali recruits are undergoing a three month basic
recruits course in Baidoa, offered by the police component of the
African Union Mission in Somalia Police (AMISOM).
The new recruits are from all regions of the South West
Administration and will be deployed to several towns recently
liberated by Somali National Army and AMISOM troops in Sector 3.
The newly liberated towns lack police stations for maintenance of
law and order.
AMISOM Superintendent of Police Sholla Omilade explained that the
aim of the training is to expand the capacity of the Somali Police
Force but also to build the confidence of force.We are presently in
Baidoa to train the new Somali recruits for Somali Police in Baidoa.
We are going to train them for about three months so as to build
confidence in the new force and to bring hope again in Somalia, he
said.
He acknowledged the zeal and enthusiasm shown by the new
recruits saying, The enthusiasm in them shows that they really
want to build back the confidence of the people in law enforcement.
They are really ready to serve the country, to help the citizens. This
is also a motivating factor for us the trainers. And now we are more
dedicated and more committed to train them.
At the end of the three months training, it is hoped that the recruits
will have gained enough skills to help them police regions under the
Interim South West Administration.
And we hope that by the end of the course, by the end of the
training, we will have new Somali Police Force members who are
ready to restore hope and peace and confidence back to the citizens

of Somalia, and long awaited peace will be restored back into

Somalia, said Sholla.
One of the trainees, Abdullahi Mohamed Adan, expressed optimism
about the training saying, We are very happy about this training
since we are the natives of this area. This training will be a boost to
the current police force in the area. We are the youth who are
required to bring peace and development to our region and the only
way we can do that is to have a strong police force that can
maintain law and order and work for the safety of our people.
END