STORY: AMISOM hands over Motorcycles

to the Somali Police Force

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 2015/09/11, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, people in attendance taking their seats
2. Med shot, AMISOM Police and Somali Police Force senior officers
seated
3. Wide shot, people in attendance taking their seats
4. Med shot, AMISOM police officers listening to the opening remarks
5. Med shot, AMISOM police and Somali Police Force senior officers
listening to the opening remarks
6. Med shot, AMISOM police and Somali Police Force senior officers
listening to the opening remarks
7. Close up, Deputy Somali Police Commissioner General Mukhtar
Afrah
8. Med shot, AMISOM police and Somali Police Force senior officers
listening to the opening remarks
9. Close up, AMISOM police and Somali Police Force senior officers
listening to the opening remarks
10.
Med shot, AMISOM police and Somali Police Force senior
officers listening to the opening remarks
11.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Deputy Somali police
Commissioner General Mukhtar Afrah:
We came here today to receive motorcycles donated by the
African Union to the Somali Police Force to ensure security and
traffic safety. With the increase in traffic, the roads are
congested. The motorcycles are needed to facilitate smooth
movement of traffic. There was need for these motorcycles
and we thank AMISOM for the generous donation,
12.
Wide shot, AMISOM Senior Civil Affairs Officer Dr. Opiyo Ododa
addressing AMISOM Police and SPF officers
13.
Med shot, Deputy Somali Police Commissioner General
Mukhtar Afrah and AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay
listening

14.
Close up, Deputy Somali Police Commissioner General
Mukhtar Afrah
15.
Wide shot, AMISOM Police and Somali Police Force senior
officers listening to the opening remarks
16.
Close up, Somali Police Force officer listening to the opening
remarks
17.
Med shot, AMISOM civilian component listening to the opening
remarks
18.
SOUNDBITE (English) AMISOM Police Commissioner
Anand Pillay,
This morning we gathered here at the training center of
AMISOM to hand over ten motorcycles to the Somali Police
Force. This is part of our capacity building efforts to enhance
the capabilities of the Somali Police in policing the
communities. These motorcycles will be used for liaison by the
traffic department to manage traffic in Mogadishu. As we all
know, the number of vehicles has increased in Somalia
especially in Mogadishu and there is a dire need to ensure free
flow of traffic in the city itself.
19.
Wide shot, Deputy Somali Police Commissioner General
Mukhtar Afrah receives the keys from AMISOM Police Commissioner
Anand Pillay
20.
Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay switching
on one of the motorcycles handed over
21.
Med shot, AMISOM Senior civil affairs Officer Dr. Opiyo Ododa
helping Deputy Somali Police Commissioner General Mukhtar Afrah
put on a reflector jacket
22.
SOUNDBITE (English) AMISOM Senior civil affairs Officer
Dr. Opiyo Ododa, The motorbikes have been bought using the
funds from the European Union. The European Union gave the
African Union through Addis Ababa these funds to be able to enable
AMISOM in Somalia to carry out its activities. We considered giving
these motorbikes as a part of quick impact projects, because it will
have immediate results, immediate impact on the control of traffic
in Mogadishu but at the same time improve the efficiency of Somali
police.
23.
Wide shot, the motor cycles handed over to the Somali police
force
24.
Close up, banner
25.
Med shot, the motor cycles handed over to the Somali police
force

STORY

AMISOM hands over Motorcycles to the Somali Police Force

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Police and Civil

Affairs units today handed over 10 motorcycles to the Somali Police
Force, donated with support from the European Union. These are
meant to be used by the Somali Police Force traffic department, for
management of traffic in Mogadishu, whose growth has recently led
to congestion on the roads.
The motorcycles were handed over at a ceremony attended by the
Somali Deputy Police Commissioner General Mukhtar Afrah, AMISOM
Police Commissioner Annand Pillay and Dr. Opiyo Ododa AMISOM
Senior Civil Affairs Officer, among others.
General Mukhtar Afrah expressed his gratitude to AMISOM for the
donation also noting that the traffic congestion experienced in
Mogadishu today would not have been happened without relative
peace enjoyed today, enabled by AU troops working closely with the
Federal Government of Somalia security institutions.
We came here today to receive motorcycles donated by the African
Union to the Somali Police Force to ensure security and traffic safety.
With the increase in traffic, the roads are congested. The
motorcycles are needed to facilitate smooth movement of traffic.
There was need for these motorcycles and we thank AMISOM for the
generous donation, he said.
AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay said the donation is part
of the general support to the Somali Police Force, adding that there
are more initiatives geared towards increasing police presence in
the communities.
This morning we gathered here at the training center of AMISOM to
hand over ten motorcycles to the Somali Police Force. This is part of
our capacity building efforts to enhance the capabilities of the
Somali Police in policing the communities. These motorcycles will be
used for liaison by the traffic department to manage traffic in
Mogadishu. As we all know, the number of vehicles has increased in
Somalia especially in Mogadishu and there is a dire need to manage
the traffic and ensure free flow in the city itself, said commissioner
Pillay
Speaking during the handover ceremony AMISOM Senior Civil Affairs
Officer Dr. Opiyo Ododa said the donation is part of the National
Stabilization Plan, particularly with the policing projects. Besides
donating equipment, AMISIOM is also constructing model police
stations for service of the people in the newly recovered areas such
as Tiyeglow, Rabduure, Adale and Kunturwarey.
The motorbikes have been bought using the funds from the
European Union. We considered giving these motorbikes as a part of

quick impact projects, because it will have immediate impact on the

control of traffic in Mogadishu and at the same time improve the
efficiency of Somali police, said Dr. Opiyo
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