Uganda, April 26 -- The appointment of more than 300 assistant Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) will increase the country's wage bill by Shs3b annually, a development legislators said was counterproductive to ongoing efforts to thin public expenditure.

Leader of Opposition in Parliament Joel Ssenyonyi said the recruitments were a contradiction to efforts to thin public expenditure and duplication of roles.

"Here comes another huge government expenditure that we need to understand because you cannot preach water and drink wine. What role are assistant RDCs going to play that RDCs and deputy RDCs cannot play?" Mr Ssenyonyi said.

He added: ".we need to understand whether RDCs are taking over the role of the IGG because there seems t...