STORY: Military engineers resolve to

redouble their efforts to improve

humanitarian activities in Somalia
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DATELINE: 13/SEPT/2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
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SOUNDBITE: BRIGADIER GENERAL CYPRIEN
NDIKURIYO AMISOM CHIEF OF STAFF.
The war has currently reached a phase where we need to
completely disrupt, degrade and destroy Al Shabaab by combing
all their safe havens where they are hiding. We need to clear
MSRS and passage and clear all IEDS, we need to construct field
defences at new positions, we need to supply water and other
operational requirements and provide sanitation to new forward
operation bases. All these require you engineers to have a
strategic plan for proper plan offensive operation in support of
field forces in sectors.
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STORY
Military engineers resolve to redouble their efforts to
improve humanitarian activities in Somalia
MOGADISHU - A conference for military engineers ended in
Mogadishu on Tuesday with firm resolutions, in the implementation
of enhanced engineering capabilities on forward operating bases.
The conference which drew engineers from the sectors, force and
mission headquarters of the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM), resolved to put in place mechanisms to fast track
clearing of Main Supply Routes, to facilitate troops activity,
movement of civilian populations and humanitarian actors. One of
the key hindrances on the Main Supply Routes has been the threat
of Improvised Explosive Devices and Vehicle Borne Improvised
Explosives. The engineers discussed means of ensuring that these
weapons of destruction do not remain the weapon of choice for Al
Shabaab terrorists.
Enhanced engineering activities, according to the Military Chief of
Staff Brigadier General Cyprien Ndikuriyo will improve the quality of
life of Somali people.
The war has currently reached a phase where we need to
completely disrupt, degrade and destroy Al-Shabaab by combing out
all their safe havens where they are hiding. We need to clear Main
Supply Routes and passages and clear them of Improvised Explosive
Devices, Brig. Gen. Ndikuriyo said.

We need to construct field defences at new positions, we need to

supply water and other operational requirements and provide
sanitation to new forward operation bases. All these require you
engineers to have a strategic plan for proper offensive operations in
support of field forces in sectors, he emphasized.
The engineers bolstered plans will also see improved facilities in
various military forward bases, such as provision of proper
sanitation facilities and electricity supply.
The renewed engineering capabilities are especially critical for the
support of military activities aimed at securing the forthcoming
2016 electoral process.
The results from the conference, which was supported by the United
Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and Britain, will inform
engineering priorities for AMISOM, for the year 2017-2018.
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