Auditor General Dick Sichembe says 67 local authorities out of the 116 councils audited have recorded an increase in irregularities from K2 billion in 2019 to K3 billion in 2020.Dr Sichembe says the financial irregularities are owing to the failure to remit statutory obligations which increased from K1.6 billion in 2019 to K2.1 billion in 2020.He says the findings also show that misapplication of funds also increased from K17 million to K18 million.He said the council’s also saw an increase in unspent monies from 8 million kwacha in 2019 to 54 million kwacha in 2020.Speaking during a press briefing, Dr. Sichembe said due to the financial irregularities in the local authorities, there had been poor service delivery, failure to meet statutory obligations and lack of community development.Meanwhile, Dr. Sichembe also disclosed that the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit -DMMU- among other issues failed to provide documentation for requests, quotations and actual quotations for awarding of […]
67 Local Authorities Cited For Financial Irregularities
