{"id":29494,"date":"2021-05-24T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=29494"},"modified":"2021-05-24T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:40:16","slug":"mwinyi-puts-embezzlers-on-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/mwinyi-puts-embezzlers-on-notice","title":{"rendered":"Mwinyi puts embezzlers on notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Mwinyi yesterday vowed to take stern disciplinary measures against thieves and embezzlers of public funds.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned what he described as massive wastage of public money, challenging his subordinates\u2014ministers and permanent secretaries\u2014 to keenly think on the problem and propose its lasting solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless we stop this wastage of public money, we will get nowhere in terms of social and economic development,\u201d President Mwinyi charged soon after the Acting Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Dr Othman Abbas Ali presented his audit report for the 2019\/2020 fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mwinyi said despite the government\u2019s ineffective revenue collection systems; there were massive leakages of the meagre collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is huge leakage in revenue collections due to our weak systems and the ill motives of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Mwinyi ordered all ministers and permanent secretaries to strongly control public expenditures in their portfolios and institute disciplinary measures against dishonest officers, insisting that accountability and good governance are inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should never have a repeat of these (audit) queries because that will indicate failure on our part&#8230;I will be happy to hear you (ministers) suspending or firing people over embezzlement,\u201d directed President Mwinyi.<\/p>\n<p>He further issued a strong warning against government officials bent on obstructing the CAG operations, describing the tendency as criminal and violation of the country\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He ordered the chief overseer of the government spending to immediately resume the audits, which were reportedly thwarted by some top government officials: \u201cJust tomorrow (today) go and complete your audit works &#8230;and all responsible officers should be available to give you the necessary cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presenting the audit report summary, Dr Abbas complained over a number of challenges in his works, charging that he was ordered not to further investigate an unexplained spending of over 1bn\/-.<\/p>\n<p>The CAG reported misappropriation in almost all public institutions\u2014from the central government, local governments to autonomous institutions\u2014with billions of taxpayers\u2019 money not accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>Many public institutions were implicated in dubious expenditures, which lacked evidence or whose procurement procedures were flouted.<\/p>\n<p>The CAG reported abuses of the elders\u2019 pension fund, with people as young as 45 years registered as beneficiaries against the fund\u2019s rules which put 70 years as the minimum qualification age for the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p>In compensation to people affected by the execution of development projects, the CAG has discovered gross frauds, with some people paid thrice through different bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Abbas presented six audit books with 169 reports to the president, saying 102 audit certificates were issued.<\/p>\n<p>The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) and North A Town Council received adverse opinions on their financial accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Mwinyi yesterday vowed to take stern disciplinary measures against thieves and embezzlers of public funds. 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