The Parliamentary Local Authorities Accounts Committee (LAAC) Unhappy With Mlele DC Accounts

Parliamentary Local Authorities Accounts Committee (LAAC) recently expressed dissatisfaction with the explanations by the Mlele District Council authorities over a number of audit queries in the area.

The Committee Vice Chairman, Mr Stanislaus Mabula (Nyamagana), said tha LAAC has instructed the relevant ministry (President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Governments) to make a follow up and take steps on accounting deficiencies raised before the end current fiscal year.

The committee had to stop its interrogation on Mlele council officials concerning the audit queries raised in the Controller and Auditor General (CAG)’s Audit Report for 2020/21 fiscal year.

Among others, the report shows that 441m/- is not reflected in the electronic system as part of the council’s expenditure.

Mr Mabula said there was serious weakness in the council’s revenue collection, as the committee discovered that the council had underestimated its collection targets.

“How can you collect revenue at 185 per cent?” the legislator queried, asserting that it was due to underestimated collection targets, because if the council had put reasonable targets it could have collected more and become a better body.

“There is also a big weakness in ensuring the repayment of loans – totaling 127m/- to special groups,”

he said, noting that the committee members saw that situation as a sheer negligence.

Similarly, there were outstanding claims by council staff totaling 1.1bn/-, adding:

“If workers do not get paid their allowances you cannot expect achievements.”

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