STORY: UGANDA CONTINGENT COMMANDER

BRIGADIER GENERAL SAM KAVUMA

CONCLUDES ONE YEAR TOUR OF DUTY IN
SOMALIA
DURATION: 4:03
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DATELINE: 30/11/2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1.
Wide shot, AMISOM Recreational Centre
2.
Med shot, AMISOM Recreational Centre
3.
Wide shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
4.
Close up, outgoing Ugandan Contingent Commander, Brigadier
General Sam Kavuma
5.
SOUNDBITE: LIEUTENANT GENERAL JONATHAN RONO,
AMISOM FORCE COMMANDER.
You have done your bit, you have done your job. To the incoming
Commander, you have been inducted.
6.
Wide shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
7.
Med shot, the master of ceremony conducts the proceedings
during the event
8.
Close up, the master of ceremony at the farewell party
9.
SOUNDBITE: BRIGADIER GENERAL SAM KAVUMA,
UGANDA CONTINGENT COMMANDER.
The Mission is still on, it still needs all our efforts, I want to wish you all the
best, I want to wish our Mission success and Ill always pray for you so
that you dont get any issues with the mind and health so that in future we
can come back to Somalia as tourists to enjoy our fruits. Im very sure that
this Mission is going forward.
10.
Med shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
11.
Close up, an invited guest at the ceremony
12.
Close up, an invited guest at the ceremony
13.
Med shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
14.
Close up, EUTM Somalia Mission Commander, Brigadier
General Antonio Maggi
15.
SOUNDBITE: BRIGADIER GENERAL SAM OKIDING,
INCOMING UGANDA CONTINGENT COMMANDER.
The complexity of this operation is still fresh in my mind because it entails
a lot of languages; the diplomatic, the military, political, cultural languages

and so on and so forth but my blessings and salvation is that I have all of
you. There is no way Brigadier Okiding will fail when I have all the support
16.
Close up, Ugandan Ambassador to Somalia, Ambassador
Nathan Mugisha
17.
Wide shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
18.
Close up, outgoing Ugandan Contingent Commander, Brigadier
General Sam Kavuma
19.
Med shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
20.
Med shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
21.
Close up, invited guests who attended the farewell party
22.
SOUNDBITE: RAISEDON ZENEGA, DEPUTY SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL
FOR SOMALIA.
We are here to celebrate, not his departure but his achievements and we
are here to thank him for the great work he has done. Gen Kavuma, you
had the most difficult task in the world. That is not an exaggeration and the
verdict on your performance is very clear from not only what we have
heard tonight but from what we witness ourselves daily
23.
Med shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
24.
Med shot, Retired General Simon Karanja and EUTM Somalia
Mission Commander, Brigadier General Antonio Maggi
25.
Close up, Retired General Simon Karanja
26.
Close up, Deputy Force Commander for Support and Logistics,
Major General Nakibus James Lakara
27.
Wide shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
28.
Med shot, invited guests who attended the farewell party
29.
Med shot, outgoing Ugandan Contingent Commander, Brigadier
General Sam Kavuma receives an award during his farewell party
30.
Wide shot, outgoing Ugandan Contingent Commander, Brigadier
General Sam Kavuma receives an award during his farewell party
31.
Close up, outgoing Ugandan Contingent Commander, Brigadier
General Sam Kavuma receives an award during his farewell party
SCRIPT
A colorful send off for the outgoing Contingent Commander of the Uganda
Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) and AMISOM Sector 1 Commander,
Brigadier General Sam Kavuma was held last evening, Sunday 29 November
2015, in Mogadishu.
Brigadier General Kavuma who has completed a one year tour of duty in
Somalia handed over the reigns of power to the incoming Contingent
Commander Brig General Sam Okiding.
Like his predecessor, Brig. Gen. Okiding will be in-charge of Sector 1 region,
currently under the control of Ugandan peacekeepers. Sector 1 troops secure
Banaadir and Lower Shabelle regions and protects State House, all
government ministries, Parliament, Aden Abdule International Airport and the
sea port.

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General

(DSRSG) for Somalia Mr. Raisedon Zenenga was the chief guest at the send
off ceremony.
We are here to celebrate, not his departure but his achievements and we are
here to thank him for the great work he has done. Gen Kavuma, you had the
most difficult task in the world. That is not an exaggeration and the verdict on
your performance is very clear from not only what we have heard tonight but
from what we witness ourselves daily, said Mr. Zenenga.
The Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan Rono reminisced about their
experiences on the frontline and commended his bravery. He said, You have
done your bit, you have done your job. To the incoming Commander, you
have been inducted.
The incoming Contingent Commander Brigadier General Sam Okiding served
in the Mission in 2012 during the Afgoye and Baidoa operations.
The complexity of this operation is still fresh in my mind because it entails a
lot of languages; the diplomatic, the military, political, cultural languages and
so on and so forth but my blessings and salvation is that I have all of you.
There is no way Brigadier Okiding will fail when I have all the support, he
noted.
In his remarks, Brigadier General Kavuma said, The Mission is still on, it still
needs all our efforts, I want to wish you all the best, I want to wish our Mission
success and Ill always pray for you so that you dont get any issues with the
mind and health, so that in future we can come back to Somalia as tourists ,to
enjoy our fruits. Im very sure that this Mission is going forward.
Present at the ceremony were Ugandan Ambassador to Somalia Major Gen.
Nathan Mugisha, AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Gen. Nakibus Lakara,
Brigadier General Antonio Maggi EUTM Somalia and senior military officers
from the Somali National Army and Somali Police Force.
END