Government will recruit more 13,000 Local Defence Unit (LDUs) guards in the next five months.
They will be under command and control of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF).
Lt Col Henry Obbo, the UPDF Land Forces spokesperson said the recruitment exercise will start on July 15 and end on July 31.
“The recruitment is aimed at enhancing the existing security arrangement in the country to ensure the people and their property are secured at the grassroots levels,” he said.
Lt Col Obbo said the recruitment would take place in the central, north, east and mid-western regions, with the recruits undergoing a four-month training.
“Upon completion, the LDUs shall be deployed to serve in their respective districts of recruitment,” he said.
The recruitment is aimed at enhancing the existing foundation security arrangement in the country to ensure the people and their property are secured at grass root levels.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered for the recruitment of 24.000 LDUs in September last year following the rampant gun violence, kidnap and robberies in the country.
Maj. Yusuf Bilal Katamba, the army’s first division spokesperson, yesterday, said that in the Kampala metropolitan area, which covers Wakiso, Kampala and Mukono, they will recruit 3,000 LDUs.
He said the recruitments will take place in Wankulukuku (Rubaga division), Old Kampala Secondary School (Kampala Central), Kampala Capital City Authority grounds for Nakawa Division, Kutano playground in Kawempe and the Kibuli Police Primary school playground for Makindye Division.
He said apart from being physically fit and healthy, they expect a potential recruit to have a national Identity card, recommendations from the LC 1, GISO and DISO, no criminal record, hold a Primary Seven or ‘O’ level certificate and must be aged between 18 and 35 years.
