Auditor General – Windhoek Observer

02 Jul

Health ministry makes double payments to suppliers

ObserverNational NewsAuditor General, Health ministry makes double payments to suppliers, Junias Kandje, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Social Services

Staff Writer Auditor general, Junias Kandjeke, found that the Ministry of Health and Social Services has made payments to suppliers amounting to N$155 533.28 during the 2020/21 financial year. According to a report compiled by the Office of the Auditor General on double payments made 24 duplicate payments to different suppliers during the year under review. “The Accounting Officer indicated that double payments were as a result of multiple supplier codes allocated to individual suppliers. Nevertheless, the Ministry has started to engage the Ministry of Finance to clean up the system on double supplier accounts on the data base,” read…

The Auditor-General needs teeth

ObserverNational NewsAuditor General, Auditor-General of Namibia (AGN)

The Auditor-General of Namibia (AGN) needs more than just a bark; the holder of that office needs the ability to take a deep, nasty bite. To do that, he needs legislative and regulatory teeth. The Act governing this office must be strengthened. We need our AGN to be able to subpoena records. The AGN must be able to lay charges with the Prosecutor General. The Auditor-General should have the ability (with a judge’s warrant) to have people locked up until they comply with the law for reporting, providing accurate records, and allowing access to registered AGN personnel. This is a…

Auditor General dismisses Vilho’s claims

ObserverObserver MoneyAuditor General, Junias Kandjeke, Minister of Defense, Peter Vilho

Andrew Kathindi The Auditor General, Junias Kandjeke, has said that the adverse report his office gave the Defense Ministry is not solely based on the competence of the auditor, but on the findings of the auditor based on information provided by the auditee. This comes after the Minister of Defense, Peter Vilho, last week in parliament said that he was unimpressed with the quality of auditors sent by Kandjeke to inspect the military’s books. “Let me state it categorically clear, that the audit opinion is not solely based on the competence of the auditor, but on the findings oThe Auditor…