PRESS RELEASE
(For immediate release)
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Nairobi, February 21st 2010; The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has embarked on an induction course for 34 police officers who are expected to start training and mentoring members of the Somali Police Force.
The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi officially opened the course on Friday 19th February at the Kenya Wildlife Training Centre. The course has attracted police trainers from Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
“I have no doubts in my mind that the officers assembled here today have the professional competence to deliver on our mandate in Somalia. “ Said Hon. Wamunyinyi.
The police trainers were selected last year following an AU/UN Selection team that travelled to the four countries to conduct an assessment of the officers to serve in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). During this exercise, a little over 600 candidates were selected and put on a database for deployment.
The Deputy Special Representative for Somalia said the induction course for the police trainers is part of the African Union’s responsibility to support the people of Somalia who for the past 21years or so have not seen any peace or development in their country.
Hon. Wamunyinyi thanked the Government of Kenya for offering its Wildlife Training Centre to the African Union for use by AMISOM to train the Somali Police Force.
For more information, please contact;
Gaffel Nkolokosa, Public Information Officer, P.O. Box 20182-00200, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: +254 202713756, Mobile: +254732336478, E-mail; kgaffel@yahoo.com or NkolokosaG@africa-union.org.