Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

appropriate supporting documents, with a view of fixing
responsibilities to parties involved and prevent recurrence
in the future.
(iii) Tanzania Ports Authority
Our review on cargo handling for Inward and Outward
warfage revenue at Lake Ports and loss of potential
revenue from private Jetties revealed that cargo supplied
through Lake Ports are not being measured accordingly, in
case of large cargo only part of it is measured as a sample
to represent the whole consignment and filling of forms
used to determine the weight of shipped cargo was not
complete.
Furthermore, there is potential loss of revenue from
private Jetties at Lake Ports because there are several
activities with substantial revenue potential which are not
charged and collected at South and North Port in Mwanza
and Nansio.
Recommendations
• TPA management at Mwanza and Nansio should ensure
that the potential loss of the revenue accruing from
private Jetties at Lake Ports are charged and collected
at South and North Port in Mwanza and Nansio.
• TPA management at Headquarters Dar es Salaam should
ensure that all sources of revenue are identified and
revenue due is collected intact.
14.4 Review of internal control systems
Our review of the Internal Control Systems in place
revealed that some Public Authorities have weak Internal
Control Systems which lead to anomalies as explained
below:-
• Mishandling of cancelled cheques as they could be used
by unscrupulous people to effect unauthorized
payments.
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