Africa-Press – Zambia. After illegally subcontracting Grant Thornton and other audit firms to undertake audits in government including defense forces. Now government is relying on an ILLEGAL so called special AUDIT REPORT to Purge unwanted staff from Ministry of Finance and National Planning.
The special audit report which is the basis of this regional purge was not a sanctioned activity. It was an activity based on hate. Government does not operate on the basis of hate, but on the basis of the law.
I challenge Ministry of Finance and National Planning to demonstrate that in accordance with the provisions of section 14 of the Public Finance Management ACT of 2018, the Secretary to the Treasury did sanction this audit activity.
I dare say this audit had no authority. IT WAS ILEGAL. The officer/s who undertook this audit should be put to task for wasting tax payers money on an illegal activity. All actions of Government workers must have authority.
Can you imagine that the those who undertook this illegal special audit on allowances highlighted those allowances obtained by their colleagues who were considered enemies and removed their own allowances? What unethical behavior! Filthy and unprofessional.
The internal audit function of Government is subject to the direction of the Secretary to Treasury. Was this report sent to the ST? No. But it was just sent to some PS whose position is not even mentioned in the Public Finance Management ACT. Why? Because Yamba was a target too; who among them Dick Sichembe and others needed to be punished.
Dr. Dick Sichembe needed to be punished because he was appointed Auditor General from the Accounting Function of Government. Freedom Yamba needed to be punished because he wad assumed to have had supported Dick’s appointment as Auditor General. Remember Anna Chifungula came from the office of the Controller of Internal Audit; though this was not a legal requirement. Others were just common enemies.
What is worrying politically is that a spouse of one of the people pushing this audit is linked with UPND including TIZ. Now the tribal hegemony extending to state house staff is jumping higher to fix. How I wish all of us could just be professional. Our country will be a better place.
Can you imagine that such an unethical individual is being lined up to take over as Auditor General? A person who is capable of undertaking an illegal audit to fix his/her friends over allowances which she/he also got but removed them from the report. Deplorable!
Will this country ever receive free and fair view opinions of financial, operational and governance performance of Government with such unethical individual as AG?
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