Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

In some organizations, internal auditors’ takes part in preauditing
of payments; hence they are part of the
authorization process. Examples, TPA and BOT, also there
are cases where internal auditors are tender board
members thus impairing their independence as a result of
conflicting interests.
11.1.2 Review of Governing Boards
handling legal suit against two ex-employees
of NSSF.
There if an obvious conflicting interests and
the possibility of lobbing for the contact and
influencing the contact amount cannot be
ruled out.
Unregulated remunerations of Board of Directors
The Boards of Directors have an upper hand over the
Chief Executive Officers owing to the powers conferred to
these supreme organs to enable them discharge the
supervisory role. Given the fact that members of the
Board are the policy makers with powers of firing
including setting their own remunerations; it is obvious
that they would prefer more to less and the managements
of the public organizations may not reject their
proposals.
Recalling the past, the defunct Standing Committee of
PA&oBs Organizations (SCOPO) among other duties was s
responsible for approving director’s fees and other
benefits. Therefore, the concept of checks and balances
prevailed and transparency was eminent.
Results of review of Director’s remuneration show that
there is asymmetry across the organization countrywide.
Allowances paid to the directors including, sitting
allowances, transport, director’s fees and other
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