The Ministry of local government (MINALOC) caused a loss to the government worth Rwf 64.6m, it has emerged.
It was disclosed during the on-going inquiries by parliamentary Public Accountants Commission (PAC) into different government institutions and ministries implicated in the 2009/10 auditor general’s report for mismanagement of public funds.
According to 2009/10 auditor general’s report Rwf9.7 billion ($16.3 million) could not be accounted for.
The report cites lack of support documents, embezzlement or mismanagement of public funds in many of the government entities.
About 36 public entities incurred wasteful expenditure amounting to Rwf 1,054,529,243 (2009: Rwf 610,396,260 in 27 institutions) that could have been avoided had they complied with laws, regulations and procedures in force.
Wasteful expenditure was mainly incurred to pay penalties to Rwanda Revenue Authority for failure and/or delayed remittance of statutory deductions.
According to a press statement released by the lower chamber of parliament the loss of Rwf 64.6m was due to failure to demand for timely payment of loans, debts of motorcycles which were given to executive committees in different districts not recorded in the books of accounts by June 30, 2010.
Others included debts in cheques that were not banked and not recorded in books of accounts by June 30, 2010 and funds for Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme(VUP) which were paid to individuals instead of collective funding.
The quizzed team from MINALOC led by Cyrille Turatsinze the Permanent Secretary accepted having poorly recorded and mismanaged state finances and vowed to revise their management of funds.
It was also disclosed that a deal to supply 1000 laptops to the Ministry of Local Government turned into a counterfeit computers supply.
The laptops worth Rwf493.6m of which an advance payment of Rwf 98.7m was made, were meant for local leaders at cell level, aimed at facilitating them to have proper service delivery.
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