Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

From the table above, the operational performance of
Public Authorities and other Bodies during the year under
review shows that big PA&oBs were leading in surplus
making while Water Authorities were leading in loss
making.
6.4 Cumulative Surplus or Loss
During the year under review, financial standing of PA&oBss
were measured in terms of the accumulated surplus or
deficit created over the life time of the entities.
The following is an overall cumulative profit or surplus of
Public Authorities and other Bodies:
Cumulative surplus or loss
Category of Accumulated Accumulated deficit
the Entity surplus (Shs)
(Shs)
Water
Authorities
1,211,251,749 5,570,304,655
Regulatory
Bodies
89,672,168,700 7,546,402,387
Higher Learning
Institutes
19,823,100,853 2,837,074,266
Public PA&oBs 602,377,355,008 31,212,057,177
Other
Government
Institutions
172,921,611,576
4,580,535,456
Total 883,168,413,619 51,746,373,941
From the table above, the financial standing of PA&oBs
during the year under review shows that big PA&oBs were
leading in accumulating surplus and Water Authorities were
leading in accumulating losses. I call upon the Ministry of
Water and Irrigation together with other stakeholders to
urgently intervene and come out with everlasting solutions
to the problems been faced with Water Authorities in the
country.
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