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UPDF Starts Process to Recruit 11,500 Ahead of 2026 Polls
Jul 4, 2025
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) will conduct a recruitment exercise of 11,500 qualified citizens for regular forces and professionals scheduled to take place from Monday, July 7, 2025, to Friday, July 11, 2025.
The recruitment process will be conducted in two phases:
Online Application Phase
All aspiring candidates must submit their applications Online through the official UPDF Recruitment Portal recruitment.updf.go.ug
Candidates applying online will be required to upload an application bearing:
Passport photo,
Academic documents.
National ID.
Successful applicants shall be shortlisted and uploaded on the UPDF website and shared with respective district headquarters.
Physical Recruitment will take place throughout the country, covering the 135 districts and 11 Cities.
The shortlisted applicants will individually report at the assigned recruitment centres for the physical/medical interviews with the following; a. Handwritten application bearing recommendations from LCI, II, III and GISO/DISO.
National Identity Card/NIN.
Original and copies of academic documents.
Three (3) coloured passport-size photographs.
Recruitment will be conducted using the population figures of each District/City of Uganda based on data from Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), June 2024, that forms the basis of recruitment quotas.
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