Soldiers protest ill-timed transfers

This follows recent multi-rank transfers, which servicemen and women say are being done without due diligence and consideration of the affected. Some of the affected members have argued that the transfers did not take into consideration some issues like transfer of families and schoolgoing children transfers as well as the challenges faced by transferred service members who are furthering their studies in nearby institutions.

“We are family men and women. If you are informed late about your transfer it affects almost everything about your life because if you are transferring me you are also transferring everything about my life including my family. As a parent you have the responsibility to look for spaces for your children who will be transferring and if you do not struggle you end up finding spaces in places you had not bargained for,” revealed the source who preferred anonymity.