MOGADISHU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and its partners said Sunday it has kicked off a week-long asset management technical training program for senior and mid-level officers of the Somali Police Force (SPF).
The training being attended by 18 SPF officers from the departments of logistics, communications, and transport; and others from the SPF Directorate of Training and Planning is to help participants develop effective and efficient control and management skills for all Somali Police assets, the AU mission said.
"Police assets support the effectiveness and efficiency of any police organization. Our operational and administrative needs cannot be achieved without the use of police assets," Augustine Magnus Kailie, AMISOM police commissioner said in a statement issued in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu.
Kailie said the training like this allows police organizations to be able to procure assets, receive, maintain, monitor and account for their use as well as being aware of the right disposal procedures.
He said the training, which is in line with the AMISOM Police capacity building mandate to the SPF, will enhance accountability for SPF assets and ultimately lead to efficiency and effectiveness in policing.
The lead trainer and AMISOM reform restructuring & development coordinator (RR&D) Maxwell Chikunguru, said after the training participants would be able to run database management systems among other important skills, as well as accurately recording asset information such as asset acquisition, asset movements and maintenance to reduce loss and misuse.
The Police Programme Advisor in the Ministry of Internal Security, Adan Yusuf Salah, said the system will contribute to the work of the SPF and guarantee judicious use of public assets.
"The asset management system in place has excess capacity to accommodate all SPF assets. Take advantage of this training to effectively use it and manage our assets, since you have a huge responsibility. Any Police asset, including land, vehicles, or even pens have to have a code so we can ably track them. This is public property, and we need to manage it well," said Salah.
