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Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

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sub-contractor or agents; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> cost <strong>of</strong> which was<br />

duly included in <strong>the</strong> total contract price. However,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Bank also purchased CAR policy which also<br />

covers “risk <strong>of</strong> damage to <strong>the</strong> insured property”.<br />

(iv) Justification for <strong>the</strong> Bank to purchase such<br />

policies<br />

Whereas we underst<strong>and</strong> that <strong>the</strong> Bank was advised to<br />

purchase <strong>the</strong> above insurance policies by its<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional insurance broker <strong>and</strong> a Bank’s project<br />

manager we found no satisfactory answers to <strong>the</strong><br />

following questions:<br />

• Reasons for duplicated insurance cover for same<br />

risks as already explained above;<br />

• Whe<strong>the</strong>r it was in <strong>the</strong> best interest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bank<br />

for <strong>the</strong> Bank to purchase at own costs<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Indemnity Policy for its able<br />

independent consultants namely M/S Architect<br />

WEBB Uronu, M/S Design & Services; M/S Inter-<br />

Consult, <strong>and</strong> M/S Tan Consult for <strong>the</strong>ir respective<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional related risks; <strong>and</strong><br />

• Whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> Bank had any insurable interest in<br />

<strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional duties <strong>and</strong> obligations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

independent consultants. Moreover, we find it<br />

logical that <strong>the</strong> Bank should have required <strong>the</strong>se<br />

consultants to maintain such policies or <strong>the</strong> Bank<br />

should have recovered insurance premiums paid<br />

by it from payments it made to <strong>the</strong>se<br />

consultants.<br />

(v) Inconsistent information on PII Policy<br />

Inconsistent information provided to <strong>the</strong> Bank<br />

management. For example, <strong>the</strong> Bank’s broker<br />

indicated in his letter to <strong>the</strong> Bank that <strong>the</strong> PII was<br />

sourced from Insurers in Europe, US <strong>and</strong> SA <strong>and</strong> that<br />

no local insurer was capable to provide <strong>the</strong> cover.<br />

This was fur<strong>the</strong>r supported by <strong>the</strong> Bank’s project<br />

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Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Controller <strong>and</strong> Auditor General PA&oBs 2007/08 147

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