Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military duty; the government has stated that recruitment below that age could occur with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces"
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 5,012,620
females age 18-49: 4,855,858 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,889,808
females age 18-49: 2,780,135 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$192.8 million (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.2% (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues Uganda
Disputes - international:
Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups,
rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces;
Ugandan refugees have fled the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) into the
southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; LRA forces
have attacked Kenyan villages across the border
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 214,673 (Sudan) 18,902 (Rwanda)
14,982 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
IDPs: 1,330,000-2,000,000 note - ongoing Lord's Resistance Army
(LRA) rebellion, mainly in the north; LRA frequently attacks IDP
camps (2005)
This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006
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