SOMALIA / KENYAN FORCES

Members of the Kenyan Defence Force serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have ended their tour of duty and are being replaced by a new battalion from Kenya, to serve in the peacekeeping mission. AU-UN/IST

 

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:46
• Production Date: 16 October 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: AFRICAN UNION - AU
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; TERRORISM
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: U131016c

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / KENYAN FORCES
TRT: 2.46
SOURCE: AU/UN IST
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2013, 17 SEPTEMBER 2013, KISMAYO,SOMALIA

17 SEPTEMBER 2013, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

1. Wide shot, Brigadier Anthony Ngere briefing the outgoing troops
2. Med shot, the outgoing KDF soldiers listening to the brief
3. Close up, the outgoing KDF soldiers listening to the brief
4. Wide shot, the outgoing KDF soldiers listening to the brief
5. Wide shot, the outgoing KDF soldiers listening to the brief
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Ngere, Sector Two Commander Brigadier, AMISOM:
“Am very proud of my officers and men, who are going out, because we have gone through quite a number of challenges but we have surmounted them. For the in coming we want to encourage them to continue with the same efforts of bringing stability and security not only here in Kismayo but in the whole of this sector.”
7. Med shot, the outgoing KDF soldiers boarding the plane
8. Close up, the outgoing KDF soldier’s boots boarding the plane
9. Wide shot, incoming KDF soldiers lighting the plane
10. Med shot, Brigadier Anthony Ngere welcoming the incoming troops

12 OCTOBER 2013, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

11. Wide shot, Kismayo airport
12. Close up shot, Kismayo airport
13. Wide shot, AMISOM KDF troops listening to a brief
14. Close up, AMISOM KDF Officer briefing the troops
15. Wide shot, AMISOM KDF troops boarding there armoured vehicle
16. Med shot, AMISOM KDF troops in the armoured vehicle
17. Wide shot, AMISOM KDF armoured vehicle heading to Kismayo town
18. Close up shot, the gun mounted on the AMISOM KDF armoured vehicle
19. Wide shot AMISOM KDF armoured vehicle arriving in Kismayo town
20. SOUNDBITE: Captain Patrick Njau Mukundi, Civilian-Military Cooperation (CIMIC)
“We have dominated this town with patrols and it’s evident now that normalcy has returned. As you can see, the people are moving freely and doing business without interference”.
21. Wide shot, AMISOM KDF armoured vehicle and troops patrol Kismayo town
22. Wide shot, AMISOM KDF holding positions in Kismayo town
23. Med shot, AMISOM KDF holding positions in Kismayo town
24. Close up, AMISOM KDF holding positions in Kismayo town
25. Wide shot, AMISOM KDF armoured vehicle and troops patrol Kismayo town
26. Med shot, AMISOM KDF holding positions in Kismayo town
27. Wide shot, Kismayo town
28. Wide shot, AMISOM KDF troops patrol Kismayo town

Storyline

Members of the Kenyan Defence Force serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have ended their tour of duty and are being replaced by a new battalion to serve in the peacekeeping mission.

The AU mission is tasked with bringing security and stabilizing the Horn of African Nation that has been at wracked by conflict for over two decades.

The rotating soldiers have been in Somalia for the last one year serving alongside other African troops from Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti and Sierra Leone that make up the peacekeeping force.

The troops are mandated to support the Somali National Forces (SNA) in the fight against the Al Qaeda linked extremist group al Shabaab.

Outgoing AMISOM Sector Two Commander Brigadier Anthony Ngere said that, “am very proud of my officers and men, who are going out, because we have gone through quite a number of challenges but we have surmounted them. For the in coming we want to encourage them to continue with the same efforts of bringing stability and security not only here in Kismayo but in the whole of this sector”,

Kismayo was under the control of al Shabaab who used the lucrative port as a major source of revenue for its operations, until forces of the SNA and the Ras Kimboni Brigade with support from units of AMISOM’s Kenyan contingent, forced the group out of the city.

The capture of Kismayo set the stage for the signing of the Jubbaland agreement between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the leaders of Jubbaland administration following their talks in Addis Ababa August 23–27th of this year.

The incoming troops hit the ground running and conducted daily patrols in and around the economically and strategically important port city. The patrols helped restore relative calm to the country’s second largest city and Captain Patrick Njau Mukundi, a Civilian-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Officer under AMISOM said the security situation in the area had greatly improved, “we have dominated this town with patrols and it’s evident now that normalcy has returned. As you can see, the people are moving freely and doing business without interference.”