STORY: Somalia is laying a strong

foundation for electoral democracy, say

deputy Head of AMISOM
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DATELINE: 19/11/2016, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, DSRCC Lydia Wanyoto and SRSG Keating
getting off a UN plane on arrival in Baidoa town
2. Med shot, DSRCC Lydia Wanyoto and SRSG Keating
walking
3. Med shot, DSRCC Lydia Wanyoto and SRSG Keating at
all-female race in Baidoa
4. Close up shot, SRSG Keating looking on
5. Pan shot, candidates waiting to cast their vote
6. Wide shot, a candidate casting her ballot
7. Close up shot, DSRCC Wanyoto looking on
8. Med shot, another candidate casting her ballot
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) DSRCC Lydia Wanyoto
On behalf of the African Union and AMISOM, I would like to
congratulate the people of South West but also the Somali
community, for organising this election where we have seen them
fulfill the seat for women and and i also congratulate the women
candidates who have been contesting for this seat and the winner
that got 26 votes out of the 51 people that voted, and the others for
accepting defeat. We are building a very good electoral culture in
Somalia. People contest, the victor takes it with humility and those
who lose, take it with grace and we then provide leadership for
Somalia. It is good to see Somalis vote leaders into office in a
peaceful and stable environment; that why AMISOM and the African
Union are in Somalia. We are very happy that we are contributing to
this process,
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process
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MP elect

Med shot, women leaders observing the voting

Close up shot, a ballot being cast
SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Hani Mohamed Adan,

The process today was very fair and transparent. For that, we
congratulate SIEIT for an impressive delivery. South West is now on
the path of achieving the allocated quota for women and I am
grateful to ISWA President and the international stakeholders for
ensuring women and young people are well represented in all
spheres of our society,
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Wide shot, DSRCC Lydia Wanyoto and SRSG
Keating meeting with the Southwest state President Sharif
Hassan
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Close up shot, DSRCC Wanyoto taking notes at the
meeting
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SOUNDBITE: (Somali) President Sharif
Hassan, Southwest state President
We discussed a lot on elections and delivery as well as logistics of
the delegates from Lower Shabelle. We are extremely grateful of
our shared goals and mutual interest in promoting a stable and selfreliant Somalia. We are also very grateful to AMISOM for working
with the local authorities in strengthening the security of the
elections.
16.
SOUNDBITE: (English) SRSG Michael Keating
Im very pleased by the role AMISOM is playing with local
authorities to secure these elections and I have been very
impressed with what I witnessed today,
STORY
Somalia is laying a strong foundation for electoral
democracy, say Deputy Head of AMISOM
BAIDOA, 19 NOVEMBER 2016 - The deputy Special
Representative of the of the African Union Commission Chairperson
(DSRCC), Hon. Lydia Wanyoto says Somalia is laying a strong
foundation for electoral democracy.
Speaking during a visit to the electoral center in Baidoa, the
administrative capital of South West state, where she watched
balloting take place for an all-womens seat, Hon. Wanyoto
commended the progress made by the state in the ongoing electoral
process.
We are building a very good electoral culture in Somalia. People
contest, the victor takes it with humility and those who lose, take it
with grace and we then provide leadership for Somalia, Hon.
Wanyoto said.
It is good to see Somalis vote leaders into office in a peaceful and
stable environment; that why AMISOM and the African Union are in

Somalia. We are very happy that we are contributing to this

process, she added.
Hon. Wanyoto had accompanied the Special Representative of the
UN Secretary-General (SRSG), for Somalia Michael Keating to the
electoral center to observe the voting process.
The winning candidate for the all female race was 25 years old Ms.
Hani Mohamed Adan.
South West state is now on the path to achieving the allocated
quota for women and I am grateful to ISWA President and the
international stakeholders for ensuring women and young people
are well represented in all spheres of our society, an elated Ms
Adan said.
SRSG Keating commended AMISOM for establishing a successful
partnership with ISWA forces to effectively secure the elections.
Im very pleased by the role AMISOM is playing with local
authorities to secure these elections and I have been very
impressed with what I witnessed today, SRSG Keating stated.
Hon Wanyoto and SRSG Keating also held a meeting with the South
West state president Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, where they
discussed timelines to the electoral process and logistical challenges
facing the exercise.
We discussed a lot on elections and delivery as well as logistics of
the delegates from Lower Shabelle. We are very much grateful of
our shared goals and mutual interest in promoting a stable and selfreliant Somalia. We are also very grateful to AMISOM for working
with the local authorities in strengthening the security of the
elections, President Sharif told journalists after the meeting.
Two other MPs were elected in Baidoa on Sunday. Former Somali
ambassador to Turkey Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman and
Idris Abdi Takar emerged victorious in the elections.
END