STORY: ADMINISTRATORS FOR SOMALIAS NEWLY RECOVERED

TOWNS BEGIN TRAINING

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 10
th
MAY 2014/ MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, conference hall at General Kaahiye Police Academy
2. Close up, Somali Ministry of Interior and Federalism banner
3. Wide shot, police trainees parade
4. Close up, Maj. Gen. Abdihakin Said Dahir, Commissioner of the Somali
National Police Force
5. Wide shot, police chief, ministers and trainees entering the conference
hall
6. Wide shot, trainees in the conference hall
7. Med shot, the Minister of Interior and Federalism Abudullahi Godah Barre
addressing trainees
8. Med shot, participants listen in
9. Med shot, some of the administrators and trainers
10. Wide shot, trainees in the conference hall
11. SOUNDBITE (SOMALI) Abudullahi Godah Barre, Minister of Interior and
Federalism:
There have been a lot of trainings in this country, but this one is different.
It is different because after a really long time, we are starting to plan for
the towns and villages in the country. Today it has become possible for us
to train the cadets, police commanders, intelligence chiefs, magistrates
and District Commissioners who will be representatives of the entire
government in those areas.
12. Med shot, some of the administrators undergoing training
13. Med shot, police chief addressing participants
14. Wide shot, trainees
15. Med shot, more of participants at the training
16. Wide shot, ministers and trainees
17. Close up, police officer
18. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Hamadzripi Munyikwa, one of the trainers:
The trainings that they will be receiving over the next 2 weeks are in the
areas of governance in terms of service delivery, in terms of bringing the
state and re-connecting the people to the state, people who have been
living under very difficult conditions under al Shabaab and for whom the
relationship with the state has been broken for a very long period. So
these trainings are to begin to build some form of state interactions
between local communities and the government.


19. Wide shot, participants attending the training

STORY:
The Federal Government of Somalia has today begun training of administrators
for the towns recovered in the recent military offensive by the Somali National
Army (SNA) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
165 administrators have been identified by the Ministry of Interior and
Federalism for a two-week training taking place in Mogadishu.
At least 10 towns were recovered from al Shabaab across different regions in the
joint offensive, conducted between February and April this year.
The years spent under the control of extremists saw administrative structures
and the rule of law degenerate, and any connection between the population and
the state cut off in these towns. Access to social services has also been severely
limited, with basic facilities such as schools, hospitals either dilapidated or
destroyed.
The government, working together with its development partners, is now
moving to set up new administrative structures and extend services to the
people.
The Minister of Interior and Federalism Abudullahi Godah Barre says this
training is a crucial step for the government to set up functional systems and
structures in these towns.

There have been a lot of trainings in this country, but this one is different. It is
different because after a really long time, we are starting to plan for the towns
and villages in the country. Today it has become possible for us to train the cadets,
police commanders, intelligence chiefs, magistrates and District Commissioners
who will be representatives of the entire government in those areas.

One of the trainers is Hamadzripi Munyikwa, of the Electoral Institute for
Sustainable Democracy in Africa; he says the training will focus on improving
governance in these areas and having effective service delivery systems in place.
The trainings that they will be receiving over the next 2 weeks are in the areas
of governance in terms of service delivery, in terms of bringing the state and re-
connecting the people to the state, people who have been living under very
difficult conditions under al Shabaab and for whom the relationship with the
state has been broken for a very long period. So these trainings are to begin to
build some form of state interactions between local communities and the
government, he said.
The government is hopeful that the newly trained administrators will effectively
reinstate the relationship between the people and the state and help ensure that
service delivery and the rule of law are restored.
END.