Over 5000 Darwish militia in Jubbaland Somalia has started the process that will see them integrated into the state security in line with the National Security Architecture approved by the Federal Parliament in 2017.
AMISOM kicked on the biometric registration of the militia members Friday targeting over 5000 from Gedo, Lower Juba, and Middle Juba regions. The biometric registration entails collection of key personal data including photographs and fingerprints of each member of the group.
Martin Abili, the AMISOM Police Coordinator in Kismayo, said that the development is in line with AMISOM and UN programme aimed at developing the force into a police force in Jubbaland that will be mandated to keep law, order, and security in the state.
The militia will be integrated into the Jubbaland state’s police force, the paramilitary or the SNA as Somalia seeks to increase its military’s capability.
The exercise, which supports the development and strengthening of Somalia’s national security institutions, is part of the security sector reform as envisioned in the National Security Architecture which was incorporated into the grand Security Pact launched during the London conference last May.
