NR No: 011/2023 Date: 01 March 2023

SHOTLIST: New batch of personnel from Uganda’s Formed Police Unit arrive
in Somalia

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DATELINE: 01/MARCH/2023, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA.

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers disembarking from the plane on arrival at
Aden Abdulle International airport.
2. Med shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers disembarking from the plane.
3. Wide shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers welcomed by senior ATMIS police officers.
4. Med shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers welcomed by senior ATMIS police officers.
5. Wide shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers disembarking from the plane.
6. Med shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers disembarking from the plane.
7. Med shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers disembarking from the plane.
8. Wide shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers welcomed by senior ATMIS police officers.
9. Med shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers entering a bus after arrival at Aden Abdulle
International Airport.
10. Close up shot - Uganda FPU 11 officers inside a bus.
11. Wide shot - FPU officers getting off the bus.
12. Wide shot - FPU officers walking to clear with immigration on arrival.
13. Med shot - FPU officers walking to clear with immigration.

14. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) ASP Julian Asaasira, Deputy FPU 11 Contingent

Commander.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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 “We are well-trained. We’ve undergone mandatory pre-deployment training of six
months, during which we have acquired adequate skills to execute our duties
effectively.”

15. Wide shot - FPU officers walking to clear with immigration.

16. Med shot - FPU officers receiving their ATMIS service ID cards.
17. Close up shot - FPU officers waiting to receive their ATMIS service ID cards.
18. Med shot - FPU officers clearing with immigration.
19. Wide shot - More FPU officers waiting to clear with immigration.

New batch of personnel from Uganda’s Formed Police Unit arrive in Somalia

Mogadishu, 1 March 2023 – Uganda has deployed a new contingent of police

personnel to serve under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).
144 officers arrived in Mogadishu on Wednesday and were received by senior
ATMIS police officers. They joined an advance team of 16 other officers who arrived
earlier in the mission.

The total of 160 personnel who will serve under the ATMIS Police component's
Formed Police Unit (FPU), will work alongside other contingents and Individual
Police Officers (IPOs) to provide operational support and capacity building to their
counterparts in the Somali Police Force (SPF).

This is the eleventh contingent to be deployed to Somalia by the Uganda Police in

support of the ongoing African Union peace support operations. They replace the
tenth contingent, which recently concluded its tour of duty in Somalia.

The deputy contingent commander of the newly deployed FPU contingent, Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP) Julian Asaasira, says the personnel are well
prepared to support their counterparts from the Somali Police Force and implement
the mission’s mandate.

“We are well-trained. We’ve undergone mandatory pre-deployment training for six
months, during which we have acquired adequate skills to enable us execute our
duties effectively,” said ASP Asaasira.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Under the ATMIS Police mandate, the FPUs provide operational support including
protection of key government installations, providing escort duties for Individual
Police Officers, VIP protection to visiting delegates and conducting joint patrols. The
IPOs are tasked with providing specialised training, advising and mentoring the
Somali Police Force.

Uganda is one of the ATMIS Police Contributing Countries (PCCs), together with
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zambia.
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For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube