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Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

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6.11 <strong>Tanzania</strong> Broadcasting Corporation<br />

6.11.1 Lack <strong>of</strong> monitoring <strong>of</strong> programs, commercial<br />

advertisements <strong>and</strong> Signing <strong>of</strong> Contract.<br />

<strong>Tanzania</strong> Broadcasting Corporation has not put in place<br />

monitoring procedures for all programs <strong>and</strong> commercial<br />

advertisements made by <strong>the</strong> Corporation.<br />

Monitoring <strong>of</strong> programs <strong>and</strong> commercial advertisements<br />

enable management to ascertain whe<strong>the</strong>r all scheduled<br />

programs <strong>and</strong> commercial advertisements have been<br />

made in accordance with terms <strong>of</strong> contract with <strong>the</strong><br />

customer <strong>and</strong> are invoiced for.<br />

In addition, TBC did not sign contracts with its<br />

international customers. During <strong>the</strong> year under review<br />

<strong>the</strong> Corporation provided advertisement services for<br />

foreign companies on credit without obtaining any legally<br />

binding contracts. Most <strong>of</strong> communications between <strong>the</strong><br />

Corporation <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>se companies were through e-mails.<br />

Commercial advertisements are made without raising<br />

Broadcasting Confirmation Orders (BCOs) contrary to <strong>the</strong><br />

requirement <strong>of</strong> Section 5.2.4.3 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> TBC Accounting<br />

Manual<br />

This may lead to loss <strong>of</strong> income resulting from un invoiced<br />

programs <strong>and</strong> commercial advertisements, any disputes<br />

by <strong>the</strong> customer can not easily be resolved, not only that,<br />

but un authorized programs <strong>and</strong> commercial<br />

advertisements can be aired without management<br />

knowledge.<br />

In view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> above <strong>the</strong>refore, management should<br />

consider putting monitoring mechanism in place to<br />

control all programs <strong>and</strong> commercial advertisements<br />

aired.<br />

Valid contracts should be signed between TBC <strong>and</strong> foreign<br />

customers for all services to be rendered<br />

Management should ensure that BCOs are raised for all<br />

advertisements made <strong>and</strong> no advertisement should be<br />

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Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Controller <strong>and</strong> Auditor General PA&oBs 2007/08 118

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