Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has asked the Office of the Auditor General to shift focus to value for money audits, which she said makes more accountability sense in light of the shift to a programme-based approach to budgeting. Speaker Among was meeting the Auditor …
Read More »Auditor General failed to carry out 14,000 audits in 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Auditor General has reported to Parliament a backlog of 14,011 audits in 2020. Auditor General John Muwanga together with several officials from his office on Wednesday presented a performance report for the financial year 2019/2020 and a half financial year 2020/2021 …
Read More »NIC, Uganda Clays push publication of sudits to June 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Insurance Corporation and roofing tiles maker Uganda Clays Limited will not publish their audited financial results for 2019 until June 2020, the companies have said. In separate statements issued on Tuesday, both companies which are listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) said …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Ochola orders more audits in Police
THIS WEEK: Ochola orders more audits in Police Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In more changes aimed at professionalising the Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, the Inspector General of Police, has ordered for a headcount in Uganda Police Force to establish the actual number of serving officers countrywide. In the headcount, …
Read More »Useless audits
By Agather Atuhaire Cases show how Auditor General’s reports are treated no better than garbage The Office of the Auditor General (AG) needs to be mandated to issue reports that are conclusive on their own and compelling enough for the police and the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to act …
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