Shangani dis­trict in the East of Mo­gadishu, though one of the old­est and most peace­ful neigh­bor­hoods in the cap­i­tal city, is re­dou­bling its ef­forts in se­cur­ing the dis­trict from crime.

The com­mu­nity polic­ing ini­tia­tive spear­headed by AMI­SOM Po­lice Unit and the So­mali Po­lice Force was well re­ceived in Shangani on Tues­day, where res­i­dents and the dis­trict ad­min­is­tra­tion led by Dis­trict Com­mis­sioner Sa’eed Ab­dulka­dir, dis­cussed how to en­hance se­cu­rity.

The Dis­trict Com­mis­sioner was op­ti­mistic that the se­cu­rity sit­u­a­tion will get even bet­ter. “Se­cu­rity is get­ting bet­ter in Shangani now, we would ask na­tional train­ing for the women and youth since they are stake­hold­ers in strength­en­ing the se­cu­rity. We are ap­pre­ci­ate the role AMI­SOM is play­ing to en­sur­ing our neigh­bor­hood is safe. I ask all the peo­ple liv­ing in this dis­trict of Shangani to be in­volved in help­ing po­lice to keep the dis­trict safe”, said Ab­dulka­dir.

AMI­SOM Po­lice team was led by As­sis­tant Su­peri­ten­dent of Po­lice Ahmed Jagaba who em­pha­sized on good work­ing re­la­tions be­tween civil­ians and the po­lice. He said, “The Shangani po­lice have played a good role in se­cur­ing this dis­trict. I urge all of you to work with them. With­out your help, the po­lice can’t do se­cu­rity on their own. If you meet/​see any sus­pi­cious peo­ple or strangers in your dis­trict, please call the num­ber 888 and re­port to the So­mali Po­lice Force,so that they can take care of your se­cu­rity”.

Saynab Yusuf Wehliye, the chair­per­son of the Shangani Women Or­ga­ni­za­tion ex­pressed full sup­port for the ini­tia­tive. “The women in Shangani are pre­pared to take part the se­cu­rity of the dis­trict be­cause it is for the ben­e­fit our own peo­ple. We have been in se­cu­rity for a long time. Now with the help our AMI­SOM broth­ers as­sist­ing our po­lice force we will win to­gether. As a wom­en’s leader in Shangani dis­trict I can con­firm to you that women and youth are ready to as­sist the So­mali Po­lice Force. We ap­pre­ci­ate the as­sis­tance com­ing from AMI­SOM aimed at im­prov­ing our se­cu­rity sit­u­a­tion”, she added.

Also pre­sent at the meet­ing was the AMI­SOM Gen­der Of­fi­cer Mane Ahmed who praised the dis­trict ad­min­is­tra­tion for in­clud­ing women and the youth in de­ci­sion mak­ing. “ Women and youth play an im­por­tant role in en­hanc­ing the se­cu­rity in the dis­trict . I com­mend the DC and his ad­mi­ra­tion in strength­en­ing in­clu­siv­ity of women par­tic­i­pat­ing in se­cu­rity af­fairs”, she said.