Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania
Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania
Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania
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The Controller <strong>and</strong> Auditor General is responsible for <strong>the</strong><br />
audit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> accounts <strong>of</strong> all Public Authorities <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
Bodies as defined in Sect. 37 <strong>of</strong> PFA 2001 ammended by <strong>the</strong><br />
Public Audit Act No.11 <strong>of</strong> 2008. The Controller <strong>and</strong> Auditor<br />
General has identified 164 Public Authorities <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
Bodies during <strong>the</strong> financial year ended 30 th June 2008<br />
compared to 158 Public Authorities captured in <strong>the</strong><br />
financial year ended 30 th June 2007. Efforts are being made<br />
to ensure that <strong>the</strong> exact number <strong>of</strong> Public Authorities is<br />
obtained from <strong>the</strong> relevant authorities. Information from<br />
<strong>the</strong> Treasury Registrar <strong>and</strong> from <strong>the</strong> Ministries regarding<br />
Public Authorities <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r Bodies somehow differs <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>refore needs reconciliation. NAO is working hard in<br />
establishing a Public Authorities <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r Bodies data<br />
base. Therefore, <strong>the</strong> <strong>report</strong>ed list <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Public Authorities<br />
<strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r Bodies is not exhaustive <strong>and</strong> should you be<br />
among <strong>the</strong> excluded ones please feel free <strong>and</strong> come<br />
forward with <strong>the</strong> information about your entity for<br />
inclusion in our data base <strong>and</strong> in any subsequent <strong>report</strong>s.<br />
1.2.2 Applicable Auditing St<strong>and</strong>ards<br />
The National Audit Office (NAO) is a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
International Organisation <strong>of</strong> Supreme Audit Institutions<br />
(INTOSAI), African Organisation <strong>of</strong> Supreme Audit<br />
Intitutions (AFROSAI) <strong>and</strong> African Organisation <strong>of</strong> Supreme<br />
Audit Intitutions <strong>of</strong> English speaking Countries (AFROSAI-E).<br />
We <strong>the</strong>refore apply in our audit procedures, <strong>the</strong> auditing<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards issued by INTOSAI <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> International<br />
St<strong>and</strong>ards on Auditing (ISA) issued by <strong>the</strong> International<br />
Federation <strong>of</strong> Accountants (IFAC). The National Audit Office<br />
has a unique responsibility to ensure that <strong>the</strong>re is proper<br />
accountability, financial discipline <strong>and</strong> transparency within<br />
<strong>the</strong> United Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Tanzania</strong>. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, NAO has a<br />
unique responsibility to issue timely <strong>and</strong> good quality audit<br />
<strong>report</strong>s on how best public resources have been put into<br />
use.<br />
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Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Controller <strong>and</strong> Auditor General PA&oBs 2007/08 4