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Energy and Water Development Minister, Hon. Dora Siliya
THE strike by fuel tanker drivers, which caused an acute shortage of fuel in Lusaka, has ended, Minister of Energy and Water Development Dora Siliya and her Labour and Social Security counterpart Fackson Shamenda have said.
Speaking at a joint press briefing with Mr Shamenda in Lusaka yesterday, Ms Siliya said that they had a successful meeting with some oil marketing companies (OMCs) and union leaders representing the drivers.
“I would like to thank the union leaders for the tanker drivers for showing a lot of understanding in dealing with this issue and for them to call off the strike,” Ms Siliya said.
Ms Siliya said the drivers have started loading fuel and that the situation will soon return to normal.
She said that her ministry, working with the ministry of Labour and Social Security, will ensure that the concerns raised by the drivers are amicably resolved through meetings that will be ongoing.
Ms Siliya said the ministry of Labour and Social Security will lead the negotiations to ensure that the conditions of service for the drivers are looked into.
And Mr Shamenda said that the strike by the tanker drivers should be the last one and that they should learn to engage in dialogue.
Zambia Union of Tanker Drivers and Allied workers representative Humphrey Kapesha said the strike had ended and assured the nation that the situation would return to normal by today.
Earlier, Union of Petroleum Drivers and Allied Workers vice president Bob Ndalama said in an interview that his members called off the strike.
Mr Ndalama said the drivers have returned to work though there are some drivers who have ill motives and are still not working.
He urged all tanker drivers not to listen to some of their colleagues who might have hidden motives and involved themselves in an illegal strike.
Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia spokesperson Benson Tembo said his association was opposed to the strike from the beginning.
Mr Tembo said the tanker drivers who were involved in the strike were acting under peer pressure.
Meanwhile, checks in some parts of Lusaka by midday yesterday revealed an acute shortage of fuel but at some service stations, attendants said they expected supplies later in the night.
PRESIDENT Lungu has requested the international community to support Zambia during the August 11 presidential, parliamentary and local government elections.
And President Lungu says Government is developing a Foreign Service bill.
President Lungu made the call to the international community at State House yesterday when he met ambassadors and high commissioners during an annual ‘greeting of the diplomatic corps’.
He outlined his vision for this year and also reviewed 2015.
“As strategic stakeholders in Zambia’s political affairs, I wish to call upon your respective Governments, through you, to continue rendering support towards our country’s democratic development.
“We also request you, once again, to provide your usual support to the government and the people of Zambia during the August 11, 2016 tripartite elections,” President Lungu said.
President Lungu assured the diplomats that Zambia remains committed to upholding the principles of democracy and good governance.
“As such, coupled with the peace-loving nature of the Zambian people, I can confidently say that we are looking forward to yet another democratic and peaceful electoral process,” President Lungu said.
On the local front, President Lungu informed the diplomats of Zambia’s economic challenges as a result of the global economic slowdown which resulted in the decline of copper prices on the international market.
“I am pleased to note that our currency has regained stability in response to the timely interventions, which, for us, is a re-assurance that the economic fundamentals remain steady,” President Lungu said.
He also explained the effects of the El-Nino which have caused an acute energy crisis due to inconsistent rainfall.
“My government, therefore, remains open to proposals of co-operation and investment in the energy sector of our economy,” President Lungu said.
President Lungu also said Government has instituted a broad range of measures to reduce public expenditure, while seeking to safeguard the welfare of people and ensuring that the country does not lose track of its development agenda.
On the international front, President Lungu is concerned with the security situation in the Great Lakes Region.
“I have concerns about the security concerns in the Great Lakes Region rising from disputes over the tenure of office of Presidents. We have seen some disturbances in Congo Brazzaville and Democratic Republic of Congo and a worse situation in Burundi and we can only hope that these situations will not worsen,” he said.
And President Lungu said his government would soon provide a legislative framework through which the Zambian Foreign Service will be administered and managed.
“The bill will ensure that Zambia maintains a foreign service that is responsive and characterised by both professionalism and excellence,” President Lungu said.
And giving a vote of thanks on behalf of the diplomatic corps, Norwegian ambassador to Zambia Arve Ofstad said the diplomatic community will ensure that their respective countries support growth of democracy in Zambia.
“Your briefing is very important to us because we get first-hand information. We have taken note of your request and concerns and we will inform our respective governments,” Mr Ofstad said.
He said most diplomats are happy to serve in Zambia because the nation is peaceful and its people are friendly.
Among the about 40 envoys present were those from Britain, the United States, France, Germany, China, South Africa, Italy, India, Egypt, Kenya and the Vatican.
ECZ Chairman Essau Chulu receiving the petition from Dr Mumba
PRESIDENTIAL nominations for the August 11 tripartite elections have been set for June 6 to June 10, 2016, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has said.
And the ECZ registered over 1.5 million new voters.
ECZ chairperson Esau Chulu said during a stakeholders’ meeting in Lusaka yesterday that all candidates should ensure that their school qualifications are properly certified by the Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ).
“For now, we will be expecting people to file their Grade 12 certificates. We are going by the law. The ECZ will be responsible for verification and certification and they will be there to tell us what is the equivalent to a Grade 12 certificate,” Justice Chulu said.
He said supporters for presidential candidates will not be required to travel to Lusaka for verification but that this will be done at provincial centres where they will be screened.
He said the screening will be done based on the current voters’ roll because the provisional roll would not have been verified at the time that the nominations will be done.
“To help mitigate the cost that would have been borne by political parties by ferrying supporters to Lusaka, the commission will set up provincial offices that will receive the candidates’ registered supporters and the verification will be done there,” he said.
And Justice Chulu said the campaign period for the general elections will run from May 16 to August 10, and that Parliament is expected to be dissolved around May.
He said the new voters’ roll will be inspected and that certification of the voters’ register will take place on July 31.
The ECZ also said that it has recorded a total of 1,593,840 new voters of which 801,280 are female and 792,560 are male, representing 93 percent of the targeted 1.7 million new voters.
As of November 2014, there were 5,166,088 registered voters.
Justice Chulu said Southern and Lusaka provinces recorded more new voters, representing 117 percent and 106 percent of the targeted figure, respectively.
He said the current figures remain provisional until further verification of the register through removal of duplication, consideration of appeals and objections.
Justice Chulu noted that despite the closing of the mobile voter registration, the exercise has continued at the district level and that new voters will be given a seven-day ultimatum in which to verify their details before the final roll is published on July 31.
He added that the delimitation of six constituencies will begin in March and that the ECZ expects to receive submissions regarding the exercise during its district sittings.
This will increase the number of constituencies from 150 to 156.
Zambia coach George Lwandamina has told his players to focus on Saturday’s penultimate Group D match against Uganda at the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.
Chipolopolo shot to the summit of Group D after beating Zimbabwe 1-0 in their opening match on Tuesday as Uganda and Mali draw 2-2 in the other opening group match in Rubavu.
“The first game now belongs to history. It is in the archives,” Lwandamina said.
“Our sessions building up to the game against Uganda will see us work to get over those errors and better what was good,” he said.
A win against Uganda, will send Zambia to the quarterfinals.
“Uganda is now our target and our thoughts should be on nothing but Uganda,” Lwandamina said.
Zambia will face Mali in their final Group D match on January 27.
Dr Nevers MumbaMMD President Nevers Mumba has declared his party ready for the August 2016 and expressed confidence that the party will emerge victorious.
Speaking when he featured on Yastani radio the opposition leader said the former ruling party will use the lessons of last year to ensure that the party is victorious in the next elections.
He said with the lessons of last elections were the party went through trails and tabulations the former ruling party has emerged stronger and will work had to ensure victory in August.
“Through the trails and tabulations of last year and early this year we have come out of the other side as a stronger party. We can approach these coming elections with confidence that truly, with all the lessons behind us there is no reason why we should not win the elections.
“Since the PF took over it has been fire after fire and the good thing about fire is that it makes you stronger and better, that is what has happened to us, I think the MMD stands a good chance because we will use the lessons of yesterday to ensure that victory is granted to us,” he said.
And Dr Mumba says it is a miracle that UPND lost last elections after all the wrangles which broke out in both the MMD and the PF.
He said the UPND had a head start of over 2months in the campaigns without any party to challenge them as the MMD and PF were still fighting on who would stand hence it is not a miracle that PF won’t but because UPND lost.
Search giant Google has quit the Facebook’s zero rated platform Internet.org now renamed FreeBasics, a Google spokesperson has confirmed.
Google had signed up for Internet.org in Zambia in July 2014, and according to a Facebook representative, had been live on the platform as of two weeks ago.
The Spokesperson confirmed the development, saying that it was only an initial trial that they were a part of.
“Google is not a partner in Free Basics or Internet.org. However, we were included in the initial trial of this project, which was first launched in Zambia,” the spokesperson said.
It was learnt that it was only in Zambia that Google had partnered for an initial trial of Free Basics, which is being strongly opposed by net neutrality over the world.
FILE: Vice President Guy Scot listening to KCM Chief Executive Officer Jeyakumar Janakaraj during a tour at Nchanga Smelter in Chingola
Australia’s Federal government has decided not to take action against mining firm Adani for its failure to declare that its Chief Executive Jeyakumar Janakaraj ran a mining company in Zambia which had pleaded guilty to leaking toxic water into a river in Zambia.
ABC reported that prior to approving Adani’s proposed $16bn Carmichael mine in Queensland, the federal environment department wrote to Adani’s Australian head, Jeyakumar Janakaraj, and asked for information about any executive officer who had “been the subject of any civil or criminal penalties or compliance-related findings, for breaches of, or noncompliance with environmental laws … [and] information about his or her roles both in Australia and in other countries”.
In its response, the company failed to mention that Janakaraj himself had been in charge of a copper mine in Zambia that had polluted the Kafue river in 2010, the ABC reported.
Under section 489 of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, providing false or misleading information could be an offence.
The Zambian mine was owned by Konkola Copper Mines, for which Janakaraj was head of operations.
KCM was convicted on four charges, including wilfully failing to report the pollution in the Kafue River, the ABC reported.
Janakaraj himself was not charged over the contamination.
The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, approved Adani’s Carmichael mine with the limited information.
A month later ABC revealed KCM’s convictions.
The federal environment department then approached Adani to ask why it had not provided this information.
The department decided the omission was a mistake and did not warrant further action.
“The Department of the Environment has completed its inquiries into the omission of a component of the environmental history of one of the executive officers of Adani Mining Pty Ltd,” a spokesperson for the department told Guardian Australia over email.
“As a result of these inquiries it was found that the omission did not result in environmental harm, that the omission was likely due to a mistake and that Adani officials provided full cooperation … In this instance and having due regard to the available responses within the Compliance and Enforcement Policy: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the department elected to not take further compliance action on this matter.”
Ariane Wilkinson, a lawyer at Environmental Justice Australia, said that “whether or not Adani’s omission to the department caused environmental harm completely misses the point”.
“This was an important omission in checking Adani’s environmental history, something that must take place before approvals are given. Properly considering a company’s environmental history should inform whether or not you give an approval in the first place, and what kind of conditions you apply,” Wilkinson said.
“The department’s weak response is disappointing, but also unsurprising. It’s a good example of why the Australian community needs access to the law to hold decision-makers and corporations to account, and to protect our environment.”
The Carmichael mine remains subject to a challenge in the federal court by traditional owners who say Adani misled the National Native Title Tribunal about how many jobs it would create.
Doubts also remain over whether the mine will get the financing it needs to go ahead.
Adani has also asked the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to be given special treatment and protected from further challenges.
If the mine does go ahead, it would produce more annual emissions than New York City, totalling about 79m tonnes of CO2 each year.
An Adani spokesman told the ABC that Janakaraj was committed to proactive and good environmental management.
The latest Auditor Generals report for the year 2014 has revealed that a total amount of 73.6 million Kwacha was misapplied.
This shows an increased compared to the figure of 65 million Kwacha recorded in 2013.
The report of the Auditor General on the Accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended 31st December 2014 is out with an unvouched expenditure of 390 million kwacha compared to a figure of 67 million Kwacha in 2013.
The report also shows issues related to the failure to undertake activities that were funded in amounts totalling 55 million Kwacha under the Constituency Development Fund.
It further highlights the failure to remit statutory contributions by various institutions in amounts totalling 54 million Kwacha.
Unvouched expenditure is where payment vouchers are either missing, unsupported or inadequately supported by relevant documents such as receipts and purchase orders.
The Report has also highlighted Misapplication of funds as the second highest irregularity.
Misapplication arises when Controlling Officers apply resources on activities other than those for which the funds were appropriated by Parliament and for which no authority was sought from the Secretary to the Treasury to vary funds.
The failure to remit statutory contributions mainly comprise the non-remittance of taxes to ZRA and non-remittance of NAPSA contributions both of which attract penalties.
The report also highlights infrastructure projects that were either delayed in being completed or whose executions were not done in line with the contract terms.
In some cases contractors abandoned projects after being paid advance payments and had not returned to construction sites as of December 2015.
The report contains 103 audits, 96 paragraphs are on audit findings while seven are on other matters.
The 96 paragraphs could not be resolved as of December 2015 when the report went for print and 16 reports were resolved administratively.
Meanwhile, the Auditor Generals Office has issued six performance audit reports of which two have since been tabled.
The two reports that were tabled are on the Management and Control of Livestock Diseases and Sustainable Management of Fish Resources in Natural Waters.
These reports interrogate the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of government programs and activities.
UPND Leader Mr Hakainde Hichilema in Kanyama
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says the loans being given to marketeers by the PF government are too little to make positive impact in their lives.
Speaking when he featured on Komboni radio this morning Mr Hichilema said with the high cost of commodities a K2000 cannot make any impact in a business.
He said marketers should continue receiving the money because it was their money which the PF was distributing to them and that they should consider it to be a grant because his party will write off all the loans given to them by the PF when they get into office next year.
“The money which the PF is giving marketeers as loans is just too little. What can a 2000 do in terms of improving your business? It can’t do anything because the cost of doing business has gone up, transport is expensive, commodities are expensive so that 2000 is just a drop in an ocean.
We encourage you to get that money and eat it because it is your money which the PF is giving you. When we assume office in August those loans will be written off, they are grants and we will increase those grants so that you are able to improve your businesses meaningfully as opposed to what this government is doing,” he said.
And Mr Hichilema says his government will ensure that essential institutions such as schools and health institutions are well staffed and workers motivated to ensure quality public service delivery.
He said government workers needs to be motivated to ensure that they deliver quality services to the public who are their employers.
“When we are in office we want to make sure that a public worker is motivated. We want to make sure that infrastructure such as schools and clinics is near to the people regardless of where they are. There are times when sick people die in a queue because the hospital does not have enough workers we don’t want that to be happening under our watch,” he said.
Zambia defender Stopilla Sunzu made a rare start for Lille on Wednesday but without a happy ending.
Lille lost 4-2 on post-match penalties away to Trelissc after a 1-1 draw their their Coupe de France last 16 fixture.
Sunzu played the full 90 minutes of the match but was not amongst the penalty takers.
The defender previous match was also in the Cup on January 13 in a post-match penalty win away to Guingamp.
However, Sunzu has not played a Ligue 1 match since Lilles’ 1-0 home win over Saint Etienne on December 2 in what was is last of eight league appearances so far this season.
Power Dynamos have filed in an official complaint to the Football Association of Zambia over Nkana’s alleged illegal signing of Christopher Munthali.
Power secretary Ricky Mamfunda said they hoped justice will prevail in the case that has seen Nkana claim they signed Munthali as a free agent.
The player and Nkana insist they have a contract from Power that states the defenders stay at Arthur Davies ended on December 31, 2015.
“We have left everything in FAZ hands to decide the fate of this issue.We have produced our documentation and will not comment any further until FAZ gives a ruling over the matter,” Mamfunda said.
Power have produced their two-year contract with Munthali that runs from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016.
The contract was an extension of his previous deal that expired at the end of the 2014 season when he returned to Power after a two-year loan stay at Nkana.
Meanwhile, Munthali is currently away on Zambia duty at the 2016 CAF African Nations Championship in Rwanda.
He was an unused substitute in Tuesdays 1-0 win over Zimbabwe.
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman of Lusaka’s Chelston has narrated in the Lusaka Boma court how her husband replaced her with their maid after she left the matrimonial home because of a dispute.
This is a case in which Mercy Mugala, 25, of Chelstone sued Jacob Mwanza, 31, of Chalala for divorce due to violence and extra-marital affairs. The couple got married in 2010 after Mwanza had paid bride price and have two children together.
Mugala told Senior Court magistrates Dennis Mpundu and Miyanda Banda problems in their marriage started right after Mwanza married her.
“Before we got married, Mwanza was a good man, he changed after he got a job at a bank. He stopped sleeping home on weekends but only returned in the morning. Whenever I confronted Mwanza about it, he would beat me,”she said.
Mugala told the court that Mwanza had been going out with a lady by the name of Emma Musunda with whom he had sexual intercourse on their matrimonial bed.
“I discovered her hair and dirty tissue Mwanza used to clean himself with after sexual intercourse under the bed.I confronted him about the things I had found and he said he had been having sex with Emma,” she said.
Mugala told the court that Mwanza has two Facebook accounts, the first one he has her as his wife while on the other account, he has Emma Musunda as his girlfriend.
“Mwanza is very promiscuous, I caught him cheating right in his vehicle with a girl called Christabel two weeks after I had given birth.I had thought he was going to change but it seems he will not and I think the only way out so that I may leave my life peacefully with my children,we have been on separation since October 15,2015,”she said.
Meanwhile, Mwanza denied being violent or having extra-marital affairs but consented to the divorce.
Passing judgment, the court granted the couple divorce with no compensation.The court awarded custody of the children to Mugala and ordered Mwanza to pay K600 monthly as maintenance effective January month end.
The couple was also ordered to share property equally.
1President Edgar Chagwa Lungu talks to Alex Mwaba Charcoal Trader at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Way the First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
2President Edgar Chagwa Lungu talks to Alex Mwaba Charcoal Trader at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Waythe First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
3President Edgar Chagwa Lungu buys Tradition vegetables at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Waythe First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
4President Edgar Chagwa Lungu greets supporters at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Way the First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
5President Edgar Chagwa Lungu buys Tradition vegetables at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Waythe First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
6President Edgar Chagwa Lungu greets supporters at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Way the First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
7President Edgar Chagwa Lungu holding baby Precious Kasonde at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Waythe First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE.
8President Edgar Chagwa Lungu greets supporters at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Way the First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
9President Edgar Chagwa Lungu with First Lady Esther Lungu holding baby Precious Kasonde at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Waythe First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE.
10President Edgar Chagwa Lungu greets supporters at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Waythe First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
11President Edgar Chagwa Lungu address supporters at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe airport in Ndola , the President Later Drove to Kitwe and stopped at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Dual High Way. The First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
12President Edgar Chagwa Lungu greets supporters at Baluba Road Side Market on Ndola – Kitwe Due High Way the First Family stopped over to Meet Traders and Exchanges Views 16-01-2016, PICTURE BY EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATEHOUSE
13National Roads Fund Toll Gates near Kapiri Mposhi
14National Roads Fund Toll Gates at Kafulafuta
15National Roads Fund Toll Gates at Kafulafuta
16National Roads Fund Toll Gates near Kapiri Mposhi
17National Roads Fund Toll Gates near Kapiri Mposhi
18National Roads Fund Toll Gates near Kapiri Mposhi
19National Roads Fund Toll Gates at Kafulafuta
20National Roads Fund Toll Gates near Kapiri Mposhi
21Ngelelwa Lunda at National ROADS FUND
22Tollgates have been commissioned at both Manyumbi and Kafulafuta. In the Picture , a Rosa Bus driver paying a toll fee in accordance with the law at Manyumbi Tollgates in Kapiri Mposhi District
23Tollgates have been commissioned at both Manyumbi and Kafulafuta. In the Picture , a Rosa Bus driver paying a toll fee in accordance with the law at Manyumbi Tollgates in Kapiri Mposhi District
24Tollgates have been commissioned at both Manyumbi and Kafulafuta. In the Picture , a Rosa Bus driver paying a toll fee in accordance with the law at Manyumbi Tollgates in Kapiri Mposhi District
25A Truck Driver making a payment at Manyumbi Tollgates in Kapiri Mposhi District following the commissioning of the same
26Vice President Inonge Wina cuts the ribbon whilst DMMU Coordinator Patrick Kangwa helps in holding the basket during the Launch of the Disaster Management Policy and Settlement at Government Complex
27Vice President Inonge Wina cuts the ribbon whilst DMMU Coordinator Patrick Kangwa helps in holding the basket during the Launch of the Disaster Management Policy and Settlement at Government Complex
28Vice President Inonge Wina shows the newly launched Disaster Management Policy and Settlement with DMMU Coordinator Patrick Kangwa
29Vice President Inonge Wina shows the newly launched Disaster Management Policy and Settlement whilst DMMU Coordinator Patrick Kangwa looks on
30Vice President Inonge Wina gives UN Resident Coordinator Janet Rogan whilst DMMU Coordinator Patrick Kangwa (c) looks on during the Launch of the Disaster Management Policy and Settlement at Government Complex
31Swedish Ambassador to Zamba Henerik Cederin shaking hands with Stanbic Bank – Zambia Charles Mudiwa
32Zambia International Investment Forum 2016 Launch:Comesa General Secretary Sindiso Ngewnya talking to ZDA CEO Patrick Chisanga
33Zambia International Investment Forum 2016 Launch: Zambian Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Margaret Mhango Mwanakatwe delivering her speech
34Zambia International Investment Forum 2016 Launch:Zambia Development Agency CEO Patrick Chisanga during the “question and answer” session and talking to the media:Zambia Development Agency CEO Patrick Chisanga during the “question and answer” session and talking to the media
35Zambia International Investment Forum 2016 Launch:Patrons in attendance
36Zambia International Investment Forum 2016 Launch:
The latest Auditor Generals report for the year 2014 has revealed that a total amount of K73.6 million was misapplied.
This shows an increased amount of misapplied funds compared to the figure of K65 million recorded in 2013.
The report of the Auditor General on the Accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended 31st December 2014 is out with an unvouched expenditure of K390 million compared to a figure of K67 million in 2013.
The report also shows issues related to the failure to undertake activities that were funded in amounts totalling K55 million under the Constituency Development Fund.
It further highlights the failure to remit statutory contributions by various institutions in amounts totalling K54 million.
Unvouched expenditure is where payment vouchers are either missing, unsupported or inadequately supported by relevant documents such as receipts and purchase orders.
The Report has also highlighted Misapplication of funds as the second highest irregularity.
Misapplication arises when Controlling Officers apply resources on activities other than those for which the funds were appropriated by Parliament and for which no authority was sought from the Secretary to the Treasury to vary funds.
The failure to remit statutory contributions mainly comprise the non-remittance of taxes to ZRA and non-remittance of NAPSA contributions both of which attract penalties. The report also highlights infrastructure projects that were either delayed in being completed or whose executions were not done in line with the contract terms.
In some cases contractors abandoned projects after being paid advance payments and had not returned to construction sites as of December 2015.The report contains 103 audits, 96 paragraphs are on audit findings while seven are on other matters.
The 96 paragraphs could not be resolved as of December 2015 when the report went for print and 16 reports were resolved administratively.
Meanwhile, the Auditor Generals Office has issued six performance audit reports of which two have since been tabled. The two reports that were tabled are on the Management and Control of Livestock Diseases and Sustainable Management of Fish Resources in Natural Waters. These reports interrogate the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of government programs and activities.
Below is a trend analysis of the summary of major findings from 2012-2014
