SOMALIA / NEW PARLIAMENT

The tenth Parliament of Somalia was inaugurated on Tuesday in the capital Mogadishu at a ceremony that saw 283 members of parliament (MPs) take their oaths of office. AMISOM

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:04
• Production Date: 28 December 2016
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA – AMISOM
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: 1806133
• Parent Id: 1806133
• Alternate Title: unifeed161228a

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / NEW PARLIAMENT
TRT: 02:05
SOURCE: AMISOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SOMALI / NATS

DATELINE: 27 DECEMBER 2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

Shotlist

1. Med shot, Somali flag
2. Med shot, newly elected Members of Parliament arriving at the swearing-in venue
3. Pan left, room filled with delegates and Members of Parliament
4. Wide shot, banner
5. Close up, copies of Holy Quran on the table
6. Several shots, delegates and Members of Parliament
7. Wide shot, newly elected Members of Parliament being sworn in
8. Close up, hand of female Members of Parliament touching Holy Quran during swearing-in
9. Med shot, clerk reading out names of Members of Parliament to come forward and be sworn in
10. Med shot, Members of Parliament being sworn in
11. Tilt up, Members of Parliament being sworn in
12. Wide shot, Sheikh leading the swearing-in session
13. Med shot, delegates and Members of Parliament
14. Wide shot, Sheikh leading the swearing-in session
15. Several shots, delegates and Members of Parliament
16. Close up, copies of Holy Quran
17. Med shot, Members of Parliament congratulating each other
18. Tilt down, room filled with delegates and Members of Parliament
19. Med shot, Members of Parliament congratulating each other
20. SOUNDBITE (SOMALI) Naima Mohamed Ga’al, Member of Parliament, Somalia:
“Today I am happy to be sworn in as an MP. I am happy to represent the people and to be sworn in to serve them and the country. I hope we will witness change in the country.”
21. Zoom out, band playing

Storyline

The tenth Parliament of Somalia was inaugurated on Tuesday (27 Dec) in the capital Mogadishu at a ceremony that saw 283 members of parliament (MPs) take their oaths of office.

The MPs were sworn in at the General Kahiye Police Academy during a function officiated by the outgoing Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari. The parliamentarians placed their right hands on the Holy Quran in groups of 30 as they took an oath of allegiance.

Naima Mohamed Ga’al, an MP elected from Galmudug, said she was “happy to represent the people and to be sworn in to serve them and the country.” She hoped the country would “witness change” at the outset of her four-year term as a lawmaker.

Forty-one of the MPs will become senators in the Upper House while 242 will be members of the House of the People.