Incoming AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti, made a tour of the AU forces' defense lines in and around Mogadishu on 26 April, 2012 where he met and was briefed by field commanders Total Running Time: 8.01 min
SOURCE: AU/UN Information Support Team
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: May 02 2012
SHOTLIST:
1. Medium shot of CONTICO, Brigadier Paul Lokech, with Incoming AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti and soldiers in background, explaining the areas of operation.
2. Long shot of CONTICO, with Incoming AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti and soldiers in background, explaining the areas of operation.

3. Medium shot of outgoing Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha with Incoming AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti and Col. Kayanja Muhanga overlooking positions in Mogadishu University.
4. Close up shot of Incoming AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti and Col. Kayanja Muhanga overlooking positions in Mogadishu University.
5. Long shot of newly taken position overlooking in Mogadishu university.
6. Long shot of Burundi Parade at Mogadishu National stadium.
7. Close up of parade and soldiers at Mogadishu National stadium.
8.medium shot of Incoming AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti walk through parade at Mogadishu National stadium.

BACKGROUND: Lt. Gen. Gutti
Lt Gen. Andrew Gutti today takes over command of the military component of the AU Mission in Somalia. The new AMISOM Force Commander will oversee an expanded AMISOM force, which will include Kenyan, Ugandan, Djiboutian and Burundian forces.
He takes over from Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha during whose tenure AMISOM forces helped drive the Al Qaeda-affiliated terror group, al Shabaab, from fixed positions in Mogadishu, ushering in the longest sustained period of relative peace that the Somali capital has had since the collapse of central government in 1991.
Lt Gen Gutti has served in the Ugandan military for over 26 years, most recently as the Commandant of the Senior Command and Staff College of Uganda.
In February, the UN Security Council raised AMISOM's authorised strength to 17,731 troops and Kenya, Djibouti and Sierra Leone have offered up troops to join the Ugandan and Burundian Contingents currently deployed in Mogadishu and Baidoa. The Kenyan forces are already deployed in the Lower Jubba and Gedo regions of southern Somalia and an advance party of 100 Djiboutian troops has already deployed to Mogadishu.

STORYLINE: Lt. Gen. Gutti's orientation tour of frontline
Incoming AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti, made a tour of the AU forces' defense lines in and around Mogadishu on 26 April, 2012 where he met and was briefed by field commanders.
Accompanied by the outgoing Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha, Gen. Gutti visited AMISOM bases in Maslah, the National Stadium, Mogadishu University and newly taken positions in Deynille. He was briefed on the current operational environment by officers from AMISOM's Burundian and Ugandan contingents.

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