Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

Dar es Salaam City Council since then. The
Advisory Board comprises more of heads of
departments of the City Council without
specific duration of membership and tenure
of the Board. The practice is not aligned
with the Kariakoo Market Corporation Act
1974
13. BET Board of Directors continued to remain in
office even after its tenure expired on 29th
March, 2007 and a new board was appointed
on 8 January 2009 a delay of almost two
years. Delays in appointing new Board of
Directors resulted into illegitimate Board to
convene four meetings.
14. COSOTA Delays in appointing new Board of Directors,
hence strategic decisions are not taken.
15. NACTE Tenure of the Governing Council expired on
September 18th, 2007 but new appointments
delayed till July 2008 therefore the
corporate
regulated.
business went without being
Internal Audit Unit is manned by one person,
only, the Chief Internal Auditor (CIA) who is
also involved in the day-to-day pre-audit of
payments, thus undermining his
independence.
CIA is a member of the Tender Board;
consequently he cannot question any
irregularities that may arise in due course.
16. NSSF A member of the Board of Trustees provides
legal services to the Fund through his firm C.
K. Kariwa Co. & Advocates. During the year
Shs. 20,880,000 was paid to his company for
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