{"id":12606,"date":"2019-12-07T18:36:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=12606"},"modified":"2019-12-07T18:36:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T15:36:55","slug":"updf-set-to-recruit-over-4000-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/07\/updf-set-to-recruit-over-4000-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDF Set to Recruit Over 4000 Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Uganda People\u2019s Defense Forces is set to embark on a countrywide recruitment of over 4000 soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The force will recruit 4,000 in an exercise that is slated to run from December 27, 2019 to\u00a0 January 5, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press statement issued on Saturday, the UPDF Spokesperson Brig Richard Karemire indicates that the coming recruitment shall conducted in about 35 centres across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Regular Recruits must be adult males and females between the age of 18-25 years and professionals between 18 and 30 years,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the process is intended to replace thousands of soldiers who have retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professionals, Brig Karemire said, must possess a degree or diploma in engineering, chemistry and medicine.&nbsp; He said teachers and those with vocational training stand a big change to get enrolled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said&nbsp; that this year\u2019s recruitment like the previous ones aims at attracting very composed and patriotic Ugandans ready to serve in regular and specialized units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further noted that this will also offer an opportunity to the UPDF to fill gaps created by retirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that this will&nbsp; also tap skills of personnel with competencies in science subjects required in a modern army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> Minimum Requirements\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0He or she must be a citizen of Uganda holding the original national ID card, good health ready to undergo check-ups and road run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He or she\u00a0 should be\u00a0 between the age of 18 and 25 for and age the of 18-30 as regular or professional respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regular recruits should possess a minimum education of Uganda Certificate of Education and Advance Certificate of Education with bias in science subjects such as physics, chemistry and mathematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professionals should be holders of Degree or Diploma in medicine, Engineering, Chemistry, Education or vocational skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He cautioned that the recruitment into the UPDF is not an off the hook job opportunity but rather a patriotic calling to serve the country in a field that requires great sacrifice and determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recruitment shall start from Rakai, Lyantonde and Kyotera districts and the recruitment center shall be at Lyantonde district headquarters on December 27th.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Uganda People\u2019s Defense Forces is set to embark on a countrywide recruitment of over 4000 soldiers. The force will recruit 4,000 in an exercise that is slated to run from December 27, 2019 to\u00a0 January 5, 2020. In a press statement issued on Saturday, the UPDF Spokesperson Brig Richard Karemire indicates that the coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":8999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-12606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12607,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12606\/revisions\/12607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}