Government outlines next steps in anti – corruption drive

RUBAVU - Transparency was at the core of today’s discussions at the National Leadership Retreat in Rubavu, which outlined the next steps in the Government’s drive to root out corruption, and ensure accountability at every level. The Auditor General highlighted weaknesses in financial management in public institutions, with a lot of irregularities related to unsupported expenditure and non-compliance with the prescribed guidelines on management of public assets. On a positive note, according to the Auditor General, Evelyn Kamajugu, “there were 13 institutions that did not have any case of unsupported expenditure and nine with no case of non-compliance with public procurement procedures”.