STORY: AMISOM reviews its Mission Implementation Plan

to bolster its activities

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DATELINE: 01/APRIL/2019, NAIROBI, KENYA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Participants at the conference venue in Nairobi, Kenya

2. Close up shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia at the meeting
3. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Ababu Namwamba, the Chief
Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, at the meeting
4. Close up shot, Gen. Sivuyile Bam, the Head of the AU Peace Support Operations
Division (AUPSOD) taking notes
5. Wide shot, Senior officials of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
attending the meeting
7. Close up shot, Ababu Namwamba, the Chief Administrative Secretary in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya listening
8. Wide shot, Senior officials of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
observe a minute’s silence in honour of colleagues who have lost their lives in the
course of duty.
9. Med shot, Simon Mulongo, Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of
the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, speaking
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative
of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“As our tradition dictates, every year, AMISOM undertakes a review of its mission
implementation plan. This ensures that AMISOM’s core activities are aligned with its
ever-changing operational and strategic landscape.”

11. Close up shot, DSRCC Simon Mulongo listening

12. Wide shot, Officials of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at the
meeting
13. Close up shot, a participant listening
14. Wide shot, Officials of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) listening
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special
Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for
Somalia
“Looking ahead, as we plan for our 2020 activities, AMISOM will be expected to first
review its 2019 MIP. Apart from being a critical requirement for preparing our
supplementary budget, reviewing the 2019 MIP allows the mission to adjust its
activities in line with the new operational and strategic realities in Somalia since last
February when we adopted the current MIP.”

16. Close up shot, a participant listening

17. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
18. Med shot, Officials of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) listening
19. Med shot, SRCC Francisco Madeira and Ababu Namwamba, the Chief
Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya at the meeting
20. Close up shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira listening
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gen. Sivuyile Bam, Head of the AU Peace Support
Operations Division
“Let us consciously be aware at the back of our minds that that’s why we are
supposed to produce this Mission Implementation Plan (MIP). It [MIP], therefore,
has a significance that it is a tool to indicate how we are going to proceed. It is also a
tool that the management is going to be using more frequently as a monitoring and
evaluation tool. What is it that we intend to do, how do we intend to do it (and)
whether we can do it.”

22. Med shot, participants listening

23. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
24. Wide shot, participants listening
25. Close up shot, a participant typing on the computer
26. Close up shot, a participant listening
27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ababu Namwamba, Chief Administrative Secretary in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya
“AMISOM remains central to the Africa peace and security architecture. And Kenya
will not waver in her commitment to the mission. It is Kenya’s strong desire to have a
peaceful, stable and prosperous Somalia and on behalf of the Government of Kenya,
I want to laud AMISOM for the critical role it continues to play in Somalia,
particularly in the fight against Al-Shabaab; and for all the achievements it has
realized to date. We also pay tribute to the Troop and Police Contributing Countries
and in particular to our gallant women and men who served in AMISOM and paid the
ultimate price in the quest to stabilize, to reconcile and bring security and peace to
Somalia and indeed to our horn region and to the African continent.”
28. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
29. Med shot, participants listening
30. Wide shot, SRCC Francisco Madeira and Ababu Namwamba, the Chief
Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya at the meeting

STORY

AMISOM reviews its Mission Implementation Plan to bolster its activities

Nairobi, 2 April 2019 – With changing priorities in its Mission, the African Union
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), is reviewing its Mission Implementation Plan, in order
to fast track key activities, detailed in its Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
document, which provides a comprehensive basis for conducting operations,
including training and mentoring of the Somali Police and the Somali National Army -
while at the same time, creating a useful framework for stabilization, civil military
activities, early recovery and reconstruction.

The AU Mission’s top leadership is meeting in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to plan and
draw a budget for crucial programmes and activities to be implemented under the
new document.

“As our tradition dictates, every year, AMISOM undertakes a review of its Mission
Implementation Plan. This ensures that AMISOM’s core activities are aligned with its
ever-changing operational and strategic landscape,” Ambassador Francisco Caetano
Madeira, the AU Special Representative for Somalia said, during the official opening
of the weeklong meeting on Monday.

The meeting will also serve as a budget-making platform, to ensure funding, to

activities geared towards the implementation of tasks under the Somalia Transition
Plan, as mandated by the UN Security Council Resolution 2431 (2018). The Plan sets
priority activities to be undertaken by AMISOM before the 2020/2021 one-person-
one-vote election.

Ambassador Madeira noted that progress has been made, with the handover of key
public institutions to the Federal Government of Somalia. He noted that the AU
Mission is also reconstituting its Forward Operation Bases (FOBs), as required, to
ensure gains already made are secured, following the drawdown of uniformed
personnel, as mandated by UN Security Council Resolutions 2317 of 2017 and 2431
of 2018.

“Looking ahead, as we plan for our 2020 activities, AMISOM will be expected to first
review its 2019 MIP to enable the AU Mission adjust its activities in line with the new
operational and strategic realities in Somalia,” Ambassador Madeira explained.

Under the new CONOPs, AMISOM will embark on securing the Main Supply Routes
(MSRs), to allow free movement of goods and services and also ensure population
centres and critical facilities are protected, to build on the gains already made in
Somalia’s stabilization.

The Head of AMISOM reiterated that securing of MSRs and population centres will
help create a conducive environment for institutional governance to take root and
enable the public access social amenities such as health, education, sanitation and
housing, among others.

To this end, AMISOM plans to establish a Rapid Response Force and conduct
regular joint military operations with the Somali National Army to effectively combat
Al-Shabaab insurgency, before the country’s one-person, one-vote election in
2020/2021.

Speaking at the same meeting, the Head of the AU Peace Support Operations
Division (AUPSOD), Gen. Sivuyile Bam, challenged participants to come up with a
comprehensive Mission Implementation Plan and Budget.

“The Mission Implementation Plan is significant in helping the mission achieve its
mandate. It is a tool that will indicate how we are going to proceed and also help
monitor and evaluate our activities,” said Gen. Bam.

The five-day meeting was formally opened by Kenya’s Chief Administrative Secretary
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ababu Namwamba, who reiterated the country’s
support for AMISOM and Somalia.

Mr. Namwamba noted that Somalia’s stability and prosperity would ensure lasting
peace and security in the East and Horn of Africa region.

“AMISOM remains central to the Africa peace and security architecture,” he stated.

“Kenya will not waver in her commitment to the Mission. It is Kenya’s strong desire
to have a peaceful, stable and prosperous Somalia and on behalf of the Government
of Kenya, I laud AMISOM for the critical role it continues to play in Somalia,
particularly in the fight against Al-Shabaab; and for all the achievements it has
realized to date,” the top Kenya government official added, while thanking the
United Nations, the European Union, and bilateral partners, for their continued
support to AMISOM and the Federal Government of Somalia.

The meeting is also being attended by officials from the AMISOM civilian, military
and police components and from the AU Peace Support Operations Division
(AUPSOD).

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