STORY:AMISOM presents Electoral support equipment

from Africa Union Commission to Somalia’s Ministry of

Women and FEIT

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ SOMALI/ NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 04/NOVEMBER/2021, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Med shot - The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the

African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo, speaks at
the handover of IT equipments to the Federal Electoral Implementation Team
(FEIT) and the Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development in
Mogadishu, Somalia.
2. Wide shot - Senior AMISOM officials, and the Federal Electoral
Implementation Team (FEIT) attend a handover of IT equipment to the
Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) and the Federal Ministry of
Women and Human Rights Development in Mogadishu, Somalia.
3. Close up shot - The Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team,
(FEIT) Mohamed Hassan, listens during a function to handover IT equipment
to the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) and the Federal Ministry
of Women and Human Rights Development in Mogadishu, Somalia.
4. Wide shot - The DSRCC, Simon Mulongo speaks at the handover of IT
equipment to the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) and the
Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development in Mogadishu,
Somalia.
5. Med shot - Experts from the African Union Commission Electoral Assistance
Mission, attend a handover of IT equipment to the Federal Electoral
Implementation Team (FEIT) and the Federal Ministry of Women and Human
Rights Development in Mogadishu, Somalia.
6. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) SIMON MULONGO, THE DEPUTY SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION
COMMISSION (DSRCC) FOR SOMALIA.
 “We stand by you. The AMISOM military component has already done its
security plan across the areas of responsibilities we have as AMISOM
together with the Somali Security forces under the oversight of the office of
the Prime Minister to ensure elections go on undisrupted. Our police are
the ones who will be much closer to you because they are the ones who do
the most immediate security and also ensure there is order in polling
areas.”
7. Close up shot - The Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team,
(FEIT) Mohamed Hassan, speaks during a function to handover IT equipment
to the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) and the Federal Ministry
of Women and Human Rights Development in Mogadishu, Somalia.
8. Med shot - The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the
African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo, and the
Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team, (FEIT) Mohamed
Hassan, pose for a photo with a laptop at the end of a handover for IT
equipments in Mogadishu, Somalia.
9. Close-up shot - One of the laptops handed over to the Federal Electoral
Implementation Team (FEIT) and the Federal Ministry of Women and Human
Rights Development in Mogadishu, Somalia.
10. Wide shot - A sample of IT equipment handed over to the Federal Electoral
Implementation Team (FEIT) and the Federal Ministry of Women and Human
Rights Development in Mogadishu, Somalia.
11. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MOHAMED HASSAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
FEDERAL ELECTORAL IMPLEMENTATION TEAM, (FEIT).
“We warmly receive this donation meant for the electoral agency and a
federal Ministry in the Somali government. They have come at a time when
the agency needed it most. It will help us perform our work more
efficiently.”
12. Med shot - The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the
African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo, and the
Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team, (FEIT) Mohamed
Hassan, sign handover documents for IT equipment in Mogadishu, Somalia.
13. Close-up shot - The Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team,
(FEIT) Mohamed Hassan, signs handover documents for IT equipment in
Mogadishu, Somalia.
14. Med shot - The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the
African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo, and the
Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team, (FEIT) Mohamed
Hassan, pose for a photo with the handover documents for IT equipment in
Mogadishu, Somalia.
15. Close-up shot - the handover documents for IT equipment.
16. Med shot - The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the
African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo, and the
Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team, (FEIT) Mohamed
Hassan, shakes hands after the handover of documents for IT equipment in
Mogadishu, Somalia.
17. Wide shot - Senior AMISOM officials, Experts from the African Union
Commission Electoral Assistance Mission, and the Federal Electoral
Implementation Team (FEIT) pose for a photo at the end of a handover of IT
equipment to the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) and the
Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development in Mogadishu,
Somalia.

AMISOM presents Electoral support equipment from Africa Union

Commission to Somalia’s Ministry of Women and FEIT

Mogadishu, 5 November – On behalf of the Commissioner for Political

Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union Commission, H.E Amb
Bankole Adeoye, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has handed
over laptops, desktop computers, printers, UPS batteries and photocopiers to
the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) and the Federal Ministry of
Women and Human Rights Development, as part of support to Somalia’s
electoral process and to the advancement of women’s rights.

The items were handed over, on the behalf of Amb. Bankole Adeoye, by the
Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union
Commission for Somalia (DSRCC), Hon. Simon Mulongo, on Thursday 4
November 2021 at the AMISOM Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu. The
equipment was received, on behalf of the Federal Government of Somalia, by
the Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT),
Mohamed Hassan Ciro.

The donation of Information Technology equipment is part of the overall

electoral assistance by the African Union Commission and AMISOM following
a request from the Office of the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of
Somalia, the Federal Electoral Implementation Team, and the Federal
Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development.

The multipronged electoral assistance includes the deployment of three

senior African electoral experts to provide continuous technical advisory
support to FEIT; conducting capacity building workshops on citizen election
observation as well as media monitoring of elections; financial support to
FEIT in fulfilment of their mandate; capacity building support for enhanced
participation of women in the electoral process in collaboration with the
Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development; provision of ICT
equipment for the FEIT and the Federal Ministry of Women and Human
Rights Development as part of operational support to these institutions.

The three senior African electoral experts have been in Somalia since
September 2021 providing advisory support to the FEIT and supporting other
capacity building initiatives.

“We stand by you, the people of Somalia. AMISOM military component has
already done its security plan across our Areas of Responsibility together with
the Somali Security forces with oversight from the Office of the Prime
Minister to ensure elections go on undisrupted,” said the Deputy Special
Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC)
for Somalia, Simon Mulongo.

“AMISOM’s Police component, together with the Somali Police Force (SPF),
will be much closer to you during the polls. They are supporting the SPF and
will provide immediate security and ensure there is order in polling areas,” he
added.
The Chairman of the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT),
Mohamed Hassan Ciro, said the equipment was a major boost to FEIT in its
quest to hold credible elections.

“We warmly receive this donation meant for the electoral agency and a
Federal Ministry in the Somali government. The equipment has come at the
right time as it will help us perform our work more efficiently,” said Ciro.

In attendance at the handover ceremony were various officials, including Col.

Kennedy Okoro, Ms. Titi Pitso and Mr. Ahmed Issack Hassan of the AUC
Electoral Assistance Mission to Somalia; Deputy AMISOM Force Commander
in-charge of Operations and Plans, Maj. Gen. William Kitsao Shume; AMISOM
Police Commissioner, AIGP Augustine Magnus Kailie; Commissioner for
International Relations of FEIT, Saido Mohammed Musiid; Commissioner in
charge of Logistics for FEIT, Muse Gelle Yussuf and AMISOM Political Affairs
Officer, Sayid Ali Hersi.