VNR No: 020/2021 Date: 17 December 2021

STORY: Uganda contingent in Somalia gets new commander

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DATELINE: 17/DECEMBER/2021, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot - Officers and men assemble for the handover takeover
ceremony.
2. Med shot - Handover banner.
3. Wide shot - A senior officer salutes.
4. Close up shot - Incoming contingent commander, Brigadier General Keith
Katungi.
5. Close up shot - Outgoing contingent commander, Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa.
6. Med shot - Senior officers.
7. Close up shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding.
8. Close up shot - Major General Lucky Kidega, Defence attache at the
Ugandan embassy in Somalia.
9. Close up shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding signing the handover report document.
10. Wide shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding signing.
11. Wide shot - Brigadier General Keith Katungi and Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa
signing.
12. Close up shot - Document.
13. Close up shot - Brigadier General Keith Katungi signing.
14. Close up shot - Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa signing.
15. Wide shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding, Brigadier General Keith Katungi and Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa.

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 16. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Major General Sam Okiding, Uganda’s Deputy
Chief of Land Forces.
“So, ndugu (brother) Don, I want to thank you. You have done a wonderful
job. I am sure ndugu (brother) Keith, what you need is to be strong.
Sometimes strong decisions are painful but also they are necessary
because they save the institution.”
17. Close up shot - Incoming deputy Sector 1 Commander, Brig. Opeero
listening to the outgoing sector commander.
18. Med shot - Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa speaking.
19. Close up shot - Brigadier General Keith Katungi listening.
20. Wide shot - Brigadier General Keith Katungi receives communication
gadgets from Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa.
21. Close up shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding.
22. Wide shot - Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa hands over the handover report
document to Brigadier General Keith Katungi.
23. Wide shot - Incoming contingent commander, Brigadier General Keith
Katungi speaking.
24. Close up shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding listening.
25. Med shot - Incoming contingent commander, Brigadier General Keith
Katungi speaking.
26. Close up shot - Incoming contingent commander, Brigadier General Keith
Katungi speaking.
27. Med shot - Senior officers listening.
28. Wide shot - Senior officers and soldiers at the ceremony.
29. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Brigadier General Keith Katungi, Incoming
Contingent Commander.
“We shall aspire to continue winning the hearts and minds because minus
the hearts and minds of the Somalis we can’t do much. We are here to help
them in the context of pan-Africanism. The AU motto is very clear. It is to
have an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa. So we are here as
Sector 1 Uganda to have a prosperous and peaceful Somalia.”
30. Med shot - Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa prepares to handover the Uganda flag
to Uganda's Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam Okiding.
31. Med shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding and Brigadier General Keith Katungi.
32. Wide shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding receives the Uganda flag and hands it over to Brigadier General
Keith Katungi.
33. Close up shot - Officers looking on.

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 34. Wide shot - Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Land forces, Major General Sam
Okiding receives the UPDF flag and hands it over to Brigadier General
Keith Katungi.

Uganda contingent in Somalia gets new commander

MOGADISHU, 18 December 2021 – Brigadier General Keith Katungi
has formally taken up office as the new contingent commander of
Ugandan troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM).
Brig. Gen. Katungi succeeds Brig. Gen. Don Nabasa, who has
completed his one-year tour of duty in Somalia. The handing over took
place at a colourful ceremony presided over by Uganda’s Deputy Chief
of Land forces, Major. Gen Sam Okiding in Mogadishu on Friday.
At the event, Maj. Gen. Okiding hailed the outgoing contingent
commander and his team for their contribution to the mission’s objectives
of restoring peace in Somalia.
“So, ndugu (brother) Don, I want to thank you. You have done a
wonderful job. I am sure ndugu (brother) Keith, what you need is to be
strong. Sometimes strong decisions are painful but also they are
necessary because they save the institution,” said Maj. Gen. Okiding.
In a wide-ranging speech hinged on professionalism and discipline, Maj.
Gen. Okiding called for teamwork, commitment to Pan Africanism, urged
the soldiers to be good ambassadors of Uganda and Africa, and work
towards a peaceful exit from Somalia, when the time comes.
Brig. Gen. Katungi is not new to Somalia and brings a wealth of
experience with him, having first served in Somalia in 2010-2011 where
he was instrumental in the capture of Mogadishu, particularly Bondere
and Yaqshid districts, and later in 2016/2017 as the contingent
commander of the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU).
In his acceptance speech, Brig. Gen. Katungi, pledged teamwork, to rely
heavily on intelligence, maintain good relations with partners and
enhance good relations with the local communities which he said is
critical for the success of the AU mission.
“We shall aspire to continue winning the hearts and minds because
minus the hearts and minds of the Somalis we can’t do much. We are
here to help them in the context of pan-Africanism,” Brig. Gen. Katungi
said.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Daniel Mugoro Muiruri, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 788 975
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 The new Uganda contingent commander thanked the UPDF leadership
for appointing him to lead Ugandan troops in Somalia and pledged to
uphold the Ugandan and AU flags.
“The AU motto is very clear. It is to have an integrated, prosperous and
peaceful Africa. So, we are here as Sector 1 Uganda to have a
prosperous and peaceful Somalia.”
In his remarks, outgoing contingent commander, Brig. Gen. Nabasa
noted that Uganda has always been the flag bearer of AMISOM and
urged his successor, Brig. Gen. Katungi to maintain the tempo of
operations to enable the mission achieve its mandate.
Present at the ceremony were Uganda’s Defence Attache to Somalia,
Maj. Gen. Dr. Lucky Kidega, the incoming Deputy Contingent
Commander of Ugandan troops in Somalia, Colonel David Opeero,
Battle Group Commanders, Assets and Component Commanders and
international partners.

ENDS
 

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Daniel Mugoro Muiruri, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 788 975
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