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KampalaGuards Academy classroom in Namanve
KampalaGuards Academy

168 hours of training before a single shift.

We do not believe an officer is ready because we hired them. We believe they are ready when they have passed our Academy. The standard is the same whether the officer will end up on a hotel lobby in Kololo or a tower site in Karamoja.

Namanve, WakisoEstablished 2014Audited under ISO 18788:2015
168 hrs
Pre-deployment training, all officers
224 hrs
For armed-track and close-protection officers
3
Intake cohorts per year (Jan / May / Sep)
84%
Pass rate on first attempt — re-sit required for the rest
32 hrs
Annual mandatory CPD per active officer
12
External certifications recognised by UPF / PSGA
The curriculum

Four weeks. Examined at the end of each one.

No officer reaches week four without a written and practical pass on weeks one through three. Re-sits are paid, supervised, and capped at one attempt — beyond that, the recruit moves to electronic-security or administrative roles, or leaves with our honest reference.

Week 1

Foundations & Code of Conduct

40hours
  • 01Uganda private security legislation — Police Act, PSO Regulations, Data Protection Act 2019
  • 02KampalaGuards code of conduct & disciplinary framework
  • 03Client interaction, language and customer service (English, Luganda, Swahili)
  • 04Documentation discipline — occurrence book, shift handover, incident reporting
  • 05Personal grooming, uniform discipline, post presentation
Lead instructor: Patrick Ssempala, Head of Training
Week 2

Patrol & Access Control

40hours
  • 01Foot patrol patterns — beats, choke points, blind spots, anti-routine practice
  • 02Access control — visitor screening, NIN verification, vehicle inspection
  • 03Use of radio, panic devices, and the Trackforce occurrence-book app
  • 04Searching protocols — pat-down, vehicle, baggage; gender-segregated standard
  • 05Crowd reading — recognising stress signals, escalation triggers, de-escalation
Lead instructor: Robert Kibirige, Head of Operations
Week 3

Safety, Medical & Fire

32hours
  • 01First aid certification — REMSA-aligned, externally examined
  • 02Trauma response — TECC fundamentals (haemorrhage, airway, evacuation)
  • 03Fire safety — extinguisher classes, evacuation marshalling, fire-egress per OSHA
  • 04Defensive tactics — verbal de-escalation primary, physical restraint as last resort
  • 05Mental health & stress recognition (officer-on-officer, officer-on-client)
Lead instructor: Sarah Nakato, COO + St. John's Ambulance Uganda (external)
Week 4

Firearms & Specialisation (armed track only)

56hours
  • 01Firearms law — UPF licensing, custody, handling, transport, storage
  • 02Range qualification — minimum 200 supervised rounds, scored at 80% to deploy
  • 03Force continuum doctrine — when not to draw, when not to fire
  • 04Scenario-based drills — bank, residential, VIP-detail, event scenarios
  • 05Annual recertification standard — every armed officer requalifies in March
Lead instructor: Patrick Ssempala (UPF, ret.) + 2 senior firearms instructors
Facilities

A 12-acre site in Namanve, built for this.

Our Academy sits on 12 acres in Namanve Industrial Park, 18 km east of Kampala. We bought the land in 2014, broke ground on the first classroom block in 2015, and have expanded continuously since. The site is registered as a private training institution with the Ministry of Education.

Classroom block

12 classrooms · 240-seat capacity

Built 2019 on our Namanve site, expanded 2023 to handle three intakes in parallel.

Indoor firing range

25-metre · 4 lanes · sound-attenuated

Steel-trap range with electronic targets. Used for armed-track qualification and quarterly re-certification.

Scenario house

1,200 sq m · 18 configurable rooms

Full mock-up of a bank branch, a residence, an office reception, a hotel lobby. Used for week-2 and week-4 drills.

Vehicle dynamics pad

Tarmac · 5,800 sq m

Used for evasive driving training (close-protection track) and quarterly armed-response driving recertification.

Continuing professional development

The training does not stop at week four.

Every active officer logs at least 32 hours of mandatory CPD per year — refresher modules, scenario rehearsals, post-incident reviews, and any specialisation track they are pursuing. CPD is logged centrally; clients can request a CPD record for any officer on their site.

  • Quarterly armed-response driving recertification (Vehicle Dynamics Pad)
  • Annual firearms requalification (March, all armed-track officers)
  • Quarterly first-aid refresher (St. John's Ambulance external)
  • Bi-annual customer-service & language top-up (English, Luganda, Swahili)
  • Specialist tracks: Close Protection (224 hrs), CCTV Operator (96 hrs), K9 Handler (160 hrs)
Recognised by
  • Uganda Police Force — Firearms Licensing & Range Liaison
  • St. John's Ambulance Uganda — first aid & trauma certification
  • PSGA — Private Security Guards Association of Uganda
  • Makerere University — module review board (annual)
  • UNATCOM (Uganda National Bureau of Standards) — ISO 18788 audit
Visit the Academy

Walk our Academy. Then judge our officers.

Walk-throughs of the Namanve campus are by appointment, Monday to Thursday. Bring your operations director — they will recognise the quality of the standard.

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