Samuel Kisembo, the Hoima Resident City Commissioner- RCC says that 116 applicants turned up for the exercise in Hoima city adding that of these 97 are males while 19 are females.
289 youth in Hoima turned up for the recruitment into
the local defence units’ personnel.
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) recently announced the
recruitment of another batch of 10,000 Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel
countrywide. The recruitment targeted youths from the age of 18 to 29 with a
minimum of Uganda (Ordinary) Certificate of Education.
Applicants were required to submit academic papers and applications to the
office of the Resident District Commissioners for scrutiny.
Samuel Kisembo, the Hoima Resident City Commissioner- RCC says that
116 applicants turned up for the exercise in Hoima city adding that of these 97
are males while 19 are females.
He says the process of shortlisting the applicants will soon resume and the
successful ones will be informed when to report for interviews at the UPDF
Artillery division headquarters in Masindi.
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In Hoima district 173 youths turned up to be recruited and of
these 20 are females while 153 are males.
Richard Tabaro, the Hoima Deputy Resident District Commissioner
says that some of the applicants were turned away since most of them did not possess
National Identity Cards while others were above the required age.
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There are more than 25,000 LDU recruits countrywide, most of whom
were recruited in 2018 following an increased wave of crime in various parts of
the country including the killing of some high-profile personalities.
