THE Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has refuted media reports that it will abuse funds amounting to K2 million to audit foreign missions as it operates on the principle of transparency and accountability.
Reacting to accusations in yesterday’s Daily Nation newspaper OAG head of public relations Ellen Chikale said in a statement yesterday that the author of the story alleged abuse of funds in the audit of foreign missions and recruitment of staff.
Ms Chikale said the office would spend K1.4 million in air tickets and allowances for the audit of missions whose expenditure as at December 31, 2017 was K631 million.
She said the mandate of the OAG was to audit all public finances for all public institutions, including private institutions that receive Government subvention and Zambian Missions were not exempted.
Every year the OAG budgets for audits and the Missions’ activity was within the approved budget by Parliament.
Zambia has 38 foreign missions out of which 12 would be audited in 2018 due to limited funds.
She said the allowances payable to officers for foreign travel were as per approved Government rates and prior to undertaking any foreign trip by any officer from the OAG, authority to travel was obtained from Cabinet Office.
On allegations that the Audit of Washington, DC and New York Missions would cost K231, 341,000, she said that they were not part of those to be audited this year.
Ms Chikale said that the OAG was a public office with its staff recruited through the Civil Service Commission and the recent recruitment also involved the Public Service Management Division following the granting of Treasury Authority in line with the 2018 budget.
On private number plates on motor vehicles she said from the 1980s, the OAG’s fleet had private number plates due to the nature of its operations and were accounted for under the Ministry of Works of Supply.
She said it was clear that had the author of the article in the Daily Nation bothered to check the facts all relevant information could have been provided.
She assured that there was no abuse of public funds at the AOG’s office.
Who audits the auditor?
who f.u.c.k.s you?
Migos
Ati “..nindani alonda malonda…”….lol
Mulenga Mulenga
Ninsala? mulelya ko naka wali bwale ka ka kosa……..kikiki
It is a well known strategy for the PF to go after institutions that bring out their shortcomings the last AG report was damning and so they naturally have to go for it …. they have done it to DPP, ACC, the anti money laundering etc. They just want to have their stooges everywhere that will sing the same song
PF a party of thugs, they now want to start controlling audit.Audit without independence its not audit…lol
We all know its that time of the year when a report is about to be released and the reckless empty tins have started to get uncomfortable as misappropriation and theft has doubled from last years figures.
But seriously, who audits the Office of The Auditor General’s Office?
Why is that of great concern…they are allocated an administrative budget…what is more important to you? The ministries misappropriating funds or one office??
Now you know why there was Zamtrop and now the Clearing a/c at Finance for Mukula and cohorts…Dark-Netting it is !
Yes. Who audits Auditor General. Do they even produce financials?
Yes ..who audit the auditors?? They must be audited as well.