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African countries to deploy special police unit in Somalia
June 20, 2012 · 29 Comments
An armoured personnel carrier of the Lagos State Police Command (Reuters photo).
KAMPALA — Uganda is to deploy a Formed Police Unit (FPU) consisting of 140 personnel in volatile Somalia for maintaining peace and security, a police spokesperson said here on Tuesday.
Judith Nabakooba, Uganda’s deputy police spokesperson, told Xinhua by telephone that the FPU will play a critical role in aiding the Somali Police Force in its efforts to maintain and improve security in the Horn of African country.
“We have been training and preparing that unit (FPU) for deployment in Somalia. They will be leaving very soon for the mission,” said Nabaakoba. “Their work will depend on what is on the ground. However, they will work directly with their Somali counterparts in patrolling, crime prevention, public order and the general restoration of the rule of law,” she added.
Asuman Mugyenyi, Uganda’s police spokesperson said: “The force is now ready. They will play a role in peacekeeping mission.”
Nigerian government will also deploy one FPU consisting of 140 personnel for the same mission in the troubled country, according Wafula Wamunyinyi, the Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia.
FPU is also deployed as a group to undertake crowd control, protect United Nations (UN) staff and material and escort UN personnel when they must visit insecure regions of a mission area.
Uganda currently also has over 8,000 soldiers under the African Union Mission in Somalia to help stabilize and pacify the troubled country from the militants Al-Shabaab.
Xinhua
June 20, 2012
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they cant wait to go there , they heard a lot about the beauty of Somali women
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR SOMALIA AS FOREIGNERS BEGIN THE TRANSITION OF TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY. THEY ONLY HAVE THEMSELVES TO BLAME.
It appears that Uganda is the legit government of Somalia. I wonder how much Uganda has made from this war. Its funny how they are sending forces when they can't even secure their own countries. Look Uganda doesn't even control much of its north, if it did, there wouldn't be the Kony campaign.
And we all know Nigeria's state of affair—-its another Sudan in the making where in this case the Muslims will run away.
They all here for the pay cheques.
140 police men to take over somalia?
give me a break. this is to train the local police to be professional. last time i was flying from hargeisa the "police" or whatever they were asked me my tribe! not my passport i was dumbfounded but thank god i wasn't the tribe they were looking for. Mogadishu is the capital we want the police to teach international standards not tribal standards.
Liars annoy me whether they from south or north and in this instance, your entertaining yourself with some fairytale stories. I have been to Hargeisa and there are no police and no one even has time to ask you questions because its only two counters and that many people are waiting and pushing.
There are customs and the tellers thats about it, the police are not even in the entry but in the interrogation rooms. If they took you there then maybe they suspected you were al Shabaab.
I came, stood, gave them my pass and $50 and collected my luggage. Just like all the other Somalis that were travelling with me including many southerners.
and how is my tribe gonna help them whether i am alshabab or not ?
they properly never interrogate you because they knew you were local my uncle and me both interrogated at different flights
Idiot, what would be the point of asking that? We have your refugees in SOMALILAND. Show some respect.
your living dark ages no wonder why people are baranoia in This area.
I think you mean the south :)
somaliald
when you resort to insults rather that debate it shows your intelligent and IQ.
what refugees? Somalis are not and should not be refugees in their own countries.
in your eyes the defense minister of the TFG who hails from hergeisa is refugee in Mogadishu?
somalis are not even refugee in Djibouti let alone in Hargeisa
no body will ask ur Qabil when ur in Hargeisa (people are more civilized) but as soon as u leave hargesia on ur way to Burco there are isbaaros everywhere asking for extra money.. the police guy told me once they only ask extra money those from the sourth and east..kuwa reer xamarka iyo reer bariga ayuunbaan yare dhibnaa kulaha i said how can u tell where they from and then he said dee accent kooda, lool i had to change my accent liltle bit coz i dont have same accent as reer burco..
Walaweyn,
Uganda has now almost 9000 troops and police personnel when half of its own country is lawless, I question its motives and as for Nigeria we are all aware of its own crisis where they hack each others every day. Don't also forget Nigeria police is considered the most corrupted force in Africa, so what will they teach the Somali force?
I recommend that you read the latest United States Bureau of Democracy report on the NPF.
"Authorities generally did not hold police accountable for the use of excessive or deadly force or for the deaths of persons in custody. Police generally operated with impunity in the illegal apprehension, detention, and sometimes execution of criminal suspects. The reports of state or federal panels of inquiry investigating suspicious deaths remained unpublished.. Citizens could report incidents of police corruption to the NHRC; however, the NHRC did not act on such complaints during the year, and no other mechanism existed to investigate security force abuse"
Yes Somalia will learn how to send scam emails because in everything else its right up there with the Nigerian forces.
I hope they bring enough computers and fake 'death' stories.
Uganda was first country in africa sent it’s troops to somalia good will as a beace keeper under UA without real fund from The west.
All over sudden mr museveni The longest current serving unelected president in africa over night his fortune changed when Al-shabab took in charge most of mogadishu and deep south.
The west They use to tell museveni when are you leaving from power are you gone be some as mr Idi Amin & so forth,he knew he had chip to burgian which is This edoits Al-shabab he told The west look i will help you keep at bay Al-shabab put stop shaking my boat & west told him DEAL DONE.
This 140 police from uganda & nigeria The british & u.s trained Them for somali purpose to re-train somali police cuz west physicaly They don’t want to come,The reality is most somali police men & women who had real qualification either left The country or dead.
it’s unfortunate but That is The case if you can’t stand up own feet better off listening until your legs get stronger.
If you guys didnt hate Somaliland so much it would have been Landers helping you instead of Jareer from all over Africa running wild in the streets. See what your xasiidnimo got you? You could have left us alone and we would have been more the happy to help, but you wanted to hate and God decided to teach you a lesson.
If you guys thought the kenyans and south africans were bad wait till these barundi etc mofos get a hold of ya!
You had 21 years to help them, Dont excited these Africans havent done anything wrong so far. So far they have pushed alshabab out of Somalia and have trained the Somali police force as well as the military. I think they are there because the election is near and even Somalis in that region are afriad of alshabab as August approaches.If Allah decreed all will go well and if not it is also Allahs will, not man.
african helping their fellow africans there nothing wrong with that. its was just yesterday when mother somalia was helping black south africans for their struggle against the white racist & to regain their sovereignty and lets not forget that mother somalia played a big role in restoring uganda & tanzania relationship after they signed the mogadishu peace accord.
WTF is wrong with Southern Somalis. Seriously this foriegn interference is the root of all their problems.
and they're "Please sir can I have more"
I'm always shocked with the attitude of happily to relying on other countries to bail them out.
Somalia should stop looking to other countries for help. They are not children, I'm sure they can solve their problems themselves.
Mogadishu use to have one of the best police forces on the continent not long ago.
MMali.
refrain your language first,did you know That somali police don’t have enough equipment or resources go operations we are talking about serving 2.4 million inhabte in mogadishu.They just got 50 new vehicles from japan & waiting communication equipment from japan.
west not interested somali police arming & given Them resources to train local police, not long ago somali police use to train other police forces in africa.
To add what you said. The west as well as the other African nations are well aware that training Somalis just to piss them off later will only back fire on them. Somalis are not like other people such as Afghanis where their military is being trained by Western troops, while the western troops continue to kill Afghani people, without the Afghani military lifting a finger to stop the US troops. Our people are different alhmaduiliah, and training them will insha Allah be good for them even if the AU have a hidden agenda and end up turning on our people.
Root of their problems? I thought the root of the problem was tribilism.
@ DaughterOfSomalia
Thats a common fallacy. I believe the North (Somaliland) is more tribal. So you have to ask yourself, if tribalism is the root cause why is it fairing better than the south?
Well clans in the north had many reconciliation conferences, during the early 1990s. during the same period in the south you had the UNSOM intervention with the whole black hawk down thing.
Anyways it would have been money better spent if it went into training Somali police abroad, rather than paying foreigners with no understanding/respect for somali culture/religion to police somalis.
@ Madar Ali
West this, west that. I honestly could careless what the west wants. The only thing that should count is what the somali people want. If the leaders in the south were half decent, they would move away on relying on the west and set up a taxation system, so they would be directly accountable to the people they govern.
If Somaliland and Puntland can establish their own police force with little outside help, why can't the same happen in the south.
MM ali.
west matters These days for number of reasons They have T
MMali.
west matters These days for number of reasons The have The resources also calling The shots behind The seen in somali affairs in general. no need to look further i may add They are responsible meeting between TFG+s/land & probably will decide The outcome of These conference.
Whether you know or not already exist taxation collection system in mogadishu from port airport & small business,it’s not enough to pay big police force & sustain Them equib Them cuz mogadishu is huge city over 2.4 million currently.
can’t compare s/land or Puntland in This part of somalia specialy mogadishu, becuase population size & different Ethnicity groups live here precisely more Than Thirty.
Very sad indeed. The almost non-existent sovereignty of the Somalis is slowly being eroded before our very eyes. Let's not forget that as we Somalis, our destinies are intertwined.
The south is such a deep deep mess. The extent to which foreign actors interfere, perpetuate and profiteer from the conflict in the south is just glaring. One wonders when shall this maddness end.
A true black mark on the name of all Somali people!
allah akbar somali are so racist ! why is wrong with african countries police coming in somalia ?
If Somalia government was strong enough we wouldn't have this conversation.
Plus Uganda soldier or police is way more disciplinated than Somalia/ SL / Ehiopia forces.
i hope they send more troops. If it wasn't for the african troops Mogadishu & afgooye would'nt thrive like this !!
Somalis will never be able to do anything for themselves, they'll always required someone to guide them by the hand to show them the most simplest tasks even certain domestic animals would be able to do them with proper training. Thus, I don't see an issue if black Africans in military uniform are sent to Somalia under the slogan "rescue mission"
Osman Qaal
Is okay African helping other African, Tanzania help Uganda stabilize the country, Nigeria help Sierra Leone government to defeat the rebel eventually the country became peaceful and economic stable. Hopefully South Somalia will become peace inshaallah the sign of peace is shining we heading right path Allhamdullilah.