Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

CHAPTER SEVEN
COMPLIANCE WITH PROCUREMENT LEGISLATION
7.0 Introduction
Tanzania embarked into a major restructuring of its
procurement system which led into the enactment of the
Public Procurement Act, 2001 and later repealed by the
Public Procurement Act No.21 of 2004, the Public
Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) and the Public
Procurement Appeals Authority (PPAA). To ensure the
existence of procurement compliance in Tanzania, Section
44 (2) of the PPA requires the auditor of each public entity
to state in his annual report whether the audited entity has
complied with the procurement law and its Regulations.
In addition, Reg. 31 of the Public Procurement Regulations
(goods, works, non-consultant services and disposal of
public assets by Tender) requires the auditors of public
body to state in his annual report whether or not these
regulations have been complied with in relation to
competitive tendering and approval of the procurement or
disposal by tender by appropriate tender Boards.
In view of the Mandate given above, the National Audit
Office reviewed the procurement systems and activities of
various Public Authorities which were conducted during
routine audit work of financial statements of the respective
entities for the financial 2007/2008.
The procurement audit for the financial year has revealed
material weaknesses and irregularities worth to report.
These weaknesses include lack of procurement
management units in most of the parastals, lack of
independence of procurement functions and powers among
pillar in the procurement process, Lack of Procurement
Planning, appointment of persons with no procurement
qualifications to be secretaries of the tender boards,
underperformance of tender boards, notification of the
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