Govt should tell the nation how much it is paying companies engaged to evaluate audit- Mukosa

Government has been asked to tell the nation how much it is paying the six companies engaged to evaluate the process related to the accumulation and audit of the public domestic arrears that various public institutions owe suppliers of goods and services.

The six firms are Client Focus Solutions Chartered Accountants, CYMA Chartered Public Accountants and Management Consultants and EY Advisory Services Limited.

Others are Grant Thornton Associates Limited, Mark Daniels Chartered Accountants and Price Waterhouse Coopers Limited.

Patriotic Front Chinsali Member of Parliament Kalalwe Mukosa who has condemned the awarding of contracts to the said companies says it is important that people know how much money government is going to spend on this exercise.

Mr Mukosa tells Q-NEWS that in the absence of an appropriate explanation will leave people to conclude that government has no confidence in the office of the Auditor General’s Office.

He notes that the office of the Auditor General has a directorate called debt and investment whose sole responsibility is to champion the audits relating to public domestic debt including foreign debt as well as investment.

Mr Mukosa has therefore questioned what has necessitated government to engage the six private auditors.