Over 90% Uganda police officers fail UN peacekeeping exams

A total of only 19 police officers out of the 430 who sat for the United Nations Assistance Mission Service (AMS) interviews at Mandela National Stadium in Namboole, last year have passed the interviews.

In October last year, a total of 430 police officers begun a one-week interview process that would see successful candidates deployed on UN peacekeeping missions abroad.

However, according to a message to various directors and departments released on Wednesday by the Director in charge of Peace and Support Operations in the Police Force, AIGP Grace Turyagumanawe, only 19 officers spread out in various ranks including Senior Superintendent of Police, Inspector, Assistant Inspector, Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Corporal and Sergeant passed the UN exams.

“The under listed officers who sat and passed the AU interview and have been in the data bank have been selected for deployment and are to travel to Mogadishu,Somalia from 19th January to 12th February as guided by AU,”says the message by AGIP Turyagumanawe.

This means that only four percent of the police officers who applied the UN jobs passed the interviews.

The officers were tested for skills in report writing, driving, shooting, ICT and international languages.

Speaking recently, Turyagumanawe said that 30 percent of those who would be deployed were supposed to be women.

Of the 430 officers who took part in the interviews, 150 were females but according to the results released by UN, only four had passed.

Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda are the countries with police officers in Somalia serving under the United Nations.