Capacity building key to accountability

Over the last two weeks, parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC),  has brought to light mismanagement, waste and poor record keeping of public resources. One of the key challenges brought to the fore during the sessions is lack of capacity on the part of employees who are running huge budgets.  It has emerged that finance and accounts departments were either under staffed or had employees who lacked experience or the qualifications to manage public finance.