A public outcry alleging the elimination of female applicants
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF does not have a deliberate effort to sideline women in the ongoing recruitment drive, the deputy army spokesperson Major Henry Obbo told URN.
This follows a public outcry on the elimination of female applicants in the ongoing recruitment in which the army targets 3,000 recruits for its specialized units. The outcry followed reports from the countryside indicating that no female applicant had been recruited in several of the regions where the exercise is taking place.
Districts that recorded no female recruits include Nakaseke, Luweero, Nakasongola, Gulu, Amuru, Masaka, Bukomansimbi, Kalungu, Lwengo, Kalangala and Sembabule among others. There also no female recruits in Kabarole, Kyegegwa and Kyenjojo districts. Meanwhile in Bundibugyo, out of the 20 recruits only two were female.
By Alex Otto/URN
