The meeting took place this Thursday in Senate and was chaired by Senate President, Bernard Makuza.
The meeting is discussing measures to put in place to address queries which were raised by the Office of the Auditor General reports about mismanagement of government resources.
The meeting brought together different ministries, government institutions receiving big amounts of the national budget, National Public Prosecution Authority and Rwanda Investigation Bureau among others.
Speaking while opening the meeting, Makuza said that though Rwanda has remarkably developed, it should have been more advanced in development if the resources were not embezzled.
“The step that has been made would have been multiplied if the resources had been used what it was allocated for,” he said.
He said that every year, same institutions appear in the Auditor General’s report for mismanagement and little is done to address the queries.
Makuza said that all institutions have competent employees, but the problem remains with some institutions which do not address mismanagement issues.
“Auditor General and Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) always assess and summon people in charge, but, why do some institutions always bring similar explanations on same things,” he questioned.
Using examples, he said that there are issues in Vision2020 Umurenge Programme funds which are embezzled before they reach beneficiaries and non-performing projects among others.
He said that mismanagement of government resources deter the country from attaining the targeted vision and cause critical effects to people.
He said that Rwanda will not tolerate people who always mismanage government resources and call them mistakes.
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