Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Committee’s reservation is informed by the fact that during appearance of the Accounting Officers, particularly the National Treasury and the Ministry of Health, the matters The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: they challenged in the media were still outstanding and were not satisfactorily answered as detailed in this Report. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The seventh issue is on weak financial management and control by the National Treasury. Sections 12 and 13 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012, gives wide ranging responsibilities and powers to the National Treasury all aimed at ensuring effective financial management and controls in the public sector. Specifically, Section 12 states as follows:- “12. General responsibilities of the National Treasury (1) Subject to the Constitution and this Act, the National Treasury shall – (a) formulate, implement and monitor macro-economic policies involving expenditure and revenue; (b) manage the level and composition of national public debt, national guarantees and other ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to intergovernmental relations”. Section 12(2) provides that:- “(2) The National Treasury shall have the following functions, in addition to those in subsection (1)— (a) promote transparency, effective management and accountability with regard to public finances in the national Government; (b) ensure proper management and control of, and accounting for finances of the national Government and its entities in order to promote the efficient and effective use of budgetary resources at the national level; (c) co-ordinate the preparation of annual appropriation accounts and other statutory financial reports by the national government and its entities; ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: (b) where reasonably in the execution of its functions, access the premises of any national State organ or other public entity and inspect the entity’s records and other documents relating to financial matters after giving notice; (c) require national government entities to comply with any specified applicable norms or standards regarding accounting practices and budget classification systems; (d) require any public officer in the national government to provide information and if necessary, explanations with respect to matters concerning public finance: Provided that a person providing information shall not be liable if at the time of providing the information that person, ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: (iv) Ensuring maintenance of comprehensive asset registers by MDAs. (v) Failed internal audit functions of MDAs. The Committee observed, with a lot of concern that the simple audit queries that end up being reported should have been dealt with internally. It is clear that the internal audit function of the Government is virtually non-existent, does not do its job well as provided for under the Public Audit Act, 2015 and the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the CS National Treasury revamps with speed this function across the Government to help improve systems and processes. (vi) ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as a Committee, therefore, we recommend detailed forensic audits of all schools in the country to be carried out and I am glad the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology is here. This is intended to confirm the actual records of all enrolment in our schools and a report be presented to a Committee by 31st December 2016, so that we can be certain of the actual capitation required for Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) and Free Primary Education (FPE). view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Committee further recommends that heads of schools found giving wrong information on enrolment in schools be held personally accountable, be surcharged and be prosecuted and the money that has been lost under their watch be recovered. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: (ix) Fixed Assets Registers for MDAs: The Committee observed a worrying trend in many MDAs who did not keep and maintain fixed assets registers contrary to the law. It was thus The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: impossible to establish ownership of assets belonging to MDAs. Top on the list was the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, which not only lacked a proper assets register, but also had entries of assets whose values were grossly exaggerated. Absence of assets registers poses a grave risk of loss of public funds and public assets resulting from unaccounted for assets. view