STORY: AMISOM and Somali forces to jointly secure

Hirshabelle State election

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 16/DECEMBER/2020, JOWHAR, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, joint forces meeting to discuss Hirshabelle state election in Jowhar
2. Close up shot, Chief Operations Officer for AMISOM sector five Lt. Col. Damien
Sebatutsi at the meeting
3. Med shot, Somali military and police officers at the meeting
4. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Lt. Col. Damien Sebatutsi, Chief Operations Officer for
AMISOM sector five
“We can continue to ensure security during this holiday period at the end of the
year. Once again, AMISOM guarantees its participation on your side to build lasting
brotherly peace with the Somali people. I take this opportunity to thank you for
responding to this meeting and for your contribution on the subject that concerns us
today,”

5. Med shot, AMISOM and Somali forces meeting

6. Close up shot, a Somali police officer taking notes
7. Med shot, Lt. Col. Damien Sebatutsi, Chief Operations Officer for AMISOM sector
five speaking
8. Close up shot, Somali National army officers listening
9. Close up shot, a Somali National army officer at the meeting
10. Med shot, a Somali police officer listening
11. Wide shot, AMISOM and Somali forces meeting
12. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Captain Ismail Kulow Tuure, Operations Commander of
the 3rd Battalion of the SNA division in Jowhar
“Today we met to discuss some key decisions which came out from this important
meeting and includes how AMISOM and the Somali National Army will jointly
coordinate to secure elections. These are crucial decisions,”
13. Med shot, group photo
14. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Colonel Mukhtar Abdulle Nur, a senior Hirshabelle
police officer
“We will make use of all the information we shared here today. These are
information about the enemy Al-Shabaab and not political. We have updated
ourselves on the areas where the enemy has a presence. Soon elections will be held
here and so we discussed how to secure that election,”

15. Wide shot, group photo

AMISOM and Somali forces to jointly secure Hirshabelle State election

JOWHAR, Somalia, December 19, 2020 - The African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM), based in HirShabelle State of Somalia will coordinate with the Somali
National Army (SNA) and HirShabelle State police to secure elections and boost
safety and confidence among the public and election officials.
Somalia is soon planning to hold nationwide indirect elections where 101 clan
caucuses will elect a Member of Parliament (MP) to the 275 Somalia Parliament.
These MPs will then elect a Speaker of parliament and later President of the Federal
Government of Somalia (FGS). These elections are projected to be held across the
country.
Speaking on Wednesday after the three security agencies met in the AMISOM base
in Jowhar, the provisional capital of HirShabelle State on Wednesday, Chief
Operations Officer for AMISOM sector five Lt. Col. Damien Sebatutsi said they plan to
jointly work together with local law enforcement agencies to foil Al-Shabaab in a bid
to provide safety in the localities where election will be held.
“We can continue to ensure security this holiday period at the end of the year. Once
again, AMISOM guarantees its participation on your side to build lasting brotherly
peace with the Somali people. I take this opportunity to thank you for responding to
this meeting and for your contribution on the subject that concerns us today,” said
Lt. Col. Damien who added that they will conduct joint operations.
On his part Captain Ismail Kulow Tuure, Operations Commander of the 3 rd Battalion
of the SNA division in Jowhar expressed optimism that their joint coordination with
AMISOM will improve security
“Today we met to discuss some key decisions which came out from this important
meeting and includes how AMISOM and the Somali National Army will jointly
coordinate to secure elections. These are crucial decisions,” Capt. Tuure said.
Colonel Mukhtar Abdulle Nur, a senior Hirshabelle police officer echoed the
sentiments his security comrades highlighted and he is certain their coordination
would bare fruits and the elections will be secured.
“We will make use of all the information we shared here today. These are
information about the enemy Al-Shabaab and not political. We have updated
ourselves on the areas where the enemy has a presence. Soon elections will be held
here and so we discussed how to secure that election,” Col. Nur said.
AMISOM in collaboration with the Somali Police Force (SPF), and SNA are members
of the Somalia Election Security Task Force which is tasked with providing security
during elections and to ensure safety of election materials and officials both at the
Federal and State levels of government where the task force will have a presence.