MP Onguti calls for digital tracking of audit queries to ease oversight.
By Okidi Patrick
KAMPALA — The Member of Parliament for Aswa County and Shadow Minister for Local Government, Hon. Okello Patrick Onguti, has called for prioritising digital tracking of audit queries to fast-track parliamentary oversight in local governments.
Hon. Onguti made the call while representing the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) and presiding over an engagement between the PAC (Local Government) Committee and the Office of the Auditor General at Protea Hotel, Kampala.
The meeting focused on key audit findings and recommendations requiring parliamentary scrutiny and follow-up to strengthen accountability and oversight in local governments.
During the engagement, concerns were raised about Parliament’s challenge in effectively scrutinising approximately 4,000 local government audit reports annually.
Hon. Onguti said digital tracking of audit queries is one of the proposed approaches to improve follow-up on audit recommendations and strengthen accountability in local government institutions.
The engagement provided an opportunity for the PAC (Local Government) Committee and the Office of the Auditor General to discuss practical ways of improving the scrutiny of public resources and ensuring that audit recommendations translate into meaningful action.
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