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A total of twenty one Police officers from Ethiopia, Burundi and Rwanda, on June 10, started a one month Formed Police Units (FPU) Training of Trainers course at the Rwanda National Police Peace Support Operations (PSO) Training Centre in Gishari, Rwamagana District.
The course is meant for ‘Training of Trainers (TOT)’ from the three countries who will undertake roles of training FPU’s in their respective countries.
The course was organized by the Rwanda National Police in partnership with Eastern Africa Standby Force Coordination Mechanism (EASF-COM).
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, D/CGP Dan Munyuza, who presided over the official launch of the course, urged participants to utilize this chance to be competent trainers for the good of their respective Police forces and to help execute their peacekeeping duties effectively.
The course, he observed, will equip participants with relevant skills to effectively train formed police units of their respective countries.
He urged them to take “full advantage of the course to improve Formed Police Unit competences in peace keeping missions.”
Senior Superintendent Wanderi Mwangi, a representative from EASF-COM thanked Rwanda and RNP for hosting this prestigious course and salute Rwanda’s role in bringing peace in other countries.
Wanderi appealed to EASFCOM member countries to implement the UN Resolution 1325 which urges all actors to increase involvement of women in conflict prevention, management, resolution, peace building and reconciliation.
The Gishari PSO Training Center was established in 2012 and has since conducted eight FPU intakes including a contingent of 140 Police officers from Burundi Police Force.
The centre was also certified by EASFCOM as a ‘Regional Centre of Excellence’ and so far eleven regional countries have attained UN courses at the centre.
