Shortlists Of Aspiring Candidants For The UPDF General Recruitment Exercise 2025

Following a successful exercise of submission of applications by candidates aspiring to join the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF). We are delighted to announce that the lists of those shortlisted are ready for viewing on the UPDF website www.updf.go.ug/careers/, at the District or Municipal headquarters.

a. The physical recruitment exercise will begin on the 05 August 2025 and end on the 15 August 2025 at different recruitment centres as earlier published.
b. Those shortlisted should report with three passport photographs and an application letter signed by LC 1, DISO, and GISO. Report with their original academic documents.
c. Those who did not indicate their district of residence in their applications will report to the districts mentioned on their national identification cards.
d. Those who report with forged documents will face prosecution.
e. Only shortlisted candidates should appear at the recruitment centres.
f. Recruitment in the UPDF is free of charge, and shortlisted candidates should watch out for conmen and fraudsters.
g. Successful candidates must report to the Kaweweta Basic Military Training School in Ngoma-Nakaseke District within three days of recruitment. The ministry, and indeed the UPDF family, wish all the candidates success.