Following public funds accountability flaws as shown in the 2010 Auditor General’s 2010 report, Prime Minister Jean Damien Habumuremyi has called for a meeting with all government chief accounting officers December 2, 2011.
The meeting will also be attended by Auditor General, the Prosecutor General and the Ombudsman all government ministers, Mayor of Kigali City, governors and district mayors.
The report revealed unaccounted for financial expenditures. The meeting has been called to address all issues raised by the report in order to agree on lasting corrective measures.
Rwanda has put in place good financial accountability systems, trained accounting officers and Public Financial Management – PFM, initiatives that have born good results.
Asked about the aim of the meeting, Protais Musoni, Minister for Cabinet Affairs, said “it is in the spirit of staying the course on zero-tolerance to corruption”.
Rwanda on Thursday was ranked the 4th least corrupt nation in Africa and 49th in the world by Transparency International, its score of 5.0 out of 10 only beaten by Botswana, Cape Verde and Mauritius.
When the graft index was first introduced in 2007, Rwanda was at a lowly 111th position on the Transparency list of 178 countries, with a dismal score of 2.8.
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