via Auditor-General beats deadline | The Herald June 27, 2015
The Auditor-General, Ms Mildred Chiri, has commended her staff for producing the 2014 audit report ahead of the June 30 deadline as required by law.
The Auditor-General’s Office is statutorily obliged to produce annual reports of the preceding year before June 30 of the following year and has over the years failed to produce them before the deadline.
“I want to commend my staff because this year we have managed to beat the statutory deadline to produce the report before June 30.
“We have been failing to meet the deadline for various reasons but we are excited that this year we have managed to table the report in Parliament even before the deadline,” Ms Chiri said.
The Auditor-General tabled the report in Parliament on Tuesday.
The deadline for tabling the audit reports in Parliament was initially set at September 30 although the Auditor-General failed to meet the deadline in those instances.
The Auditor-General’s Office was also not spared the brain drain that hit most sectors of the economy as a result of the sanctions-induced hardships that have affected the country in the past 15 years.
The loss of experienced staff resulted in the office failing to meet its statutory obligations on time.
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