
The Republic is dived into 146 districts, 322 counties and 10 cities. These are all administrative units which has appointed leadership and elected leaders. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has ballooned this over the years. Just like they have gerrymandering the districts and counties since they took power.
The rise of districts is also straining the economy, as each district needs set of standards and possible government service, which are expensive to uphold. That in regard to the need of administrative personnel and people who can accommodate just that. However, it seems more like a game for the “boys” than to give the people anything significant service delivery.
The districts has a Chief Administrative Officer (COA) and often a Deputy and Assistant COA too. They have already a Residential District Commissioner (RDC)/ Residential City Commissioner (RCC) and Deputy RDC. Now the newest creation is an addition Assistant RDC, which means the district can have 6 people in office for the delegation and to work on supposed government pledges for the district. They can have three people who are directly COA (COA, Deputy and Assistant) and now get three RDCs (RDC, Deputy and Assistant).
So, the local government have all these people surrounding them, as well as the other chiefs and elected representatives. This is the duplications of offices, which isn’t serving the citizens. Instead its a way of hiring stalwarts and loyal cadres of the NRM/PLU at the moment. Just so they can be “idle” and “get busy” until the 2026 elections.
It is really telling that the NRM issues this out, as the state cannot afford to honestly keep the upkeep of schools, hospitals or roads. Nevertheless, manpower for the RDCs and COAs is fine and dandy. There is no report that these are doing anything useful or even contributing to any sort of positive development. They are just filling up positions and ensuring loyalty to the state. That’s all we can see…
The billions spent on the Assistant RDCs will not amount to anything, but loyalty to the President. They are indebted to the NRM and the President, but they will not make a difference. That’s we have already seen with the CAOs/RDCs/RCCs, which already had deputies. Now they have a secondary deputy in the assistant. It is really infuriating to see the wastage of public funds on this. When you know how dire the state of affairs is…
This is what the NRM prioritize and uses funds on. Work and titles for fellow cadres instead of service delivery. This is what 38 years in power does to you…. Misuse of Power and Misuse of Funds. That’s what the NRM and the President does…
Nothing honest about this and only ballooning the state even further. While ensuring the public coffers get depleted quick. Peace.













