Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:46:29 +0000 By MAILESI BANDA THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA), has appealed to the appointing authority to confirm or appoint the auditor general to enhance public finance management. ZICA, president, Jason Kazilimani, said the delay in confirmation or appointment of the officer acting as Auditor General is inappropriate as the situation places a negative perception in the mind of the incumbent’s job security and may have harmful effect on long-term decision making. Mr. Kazilimani said the current Auditor General had been working in an acting capacity for two years now since the retirement of his predecessor in 2015 adding that this state of affairs was not healthy for a strategic office such as the auditor general’s position. “The failure by the authorities to appoint the auditor general has the potential to impair the independence of that office which is the ingredient in the discharge of its duties.” “We therefore […]
