PAC to engage Molale over lax accountants

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Fed up with poor accounting and possible neglect of their work by permanent secretaries, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is scheduled to meet the Permanent Secretary to the President, Eric Molale, to discuss its findings on the poor performance of his juniors.

The chairperson of the PAC, Nehemiah Modubule, and his colleagues Guma Moyo, Isaac Mabiletsa, Fidelis Molao, and parliamentary technical advisor Phillip Mutamba, revealed this on Friday when addressing journalists on the PAC proceedings that ended the previous day.

The PAC examines government accounting books at the end of each financial year and the latest examination took place from May 21 to June 20. The committee found that budget execution left much to be desired. "There were some extreme cases of under and over estimating and budgeting in both revenue and expenditures.

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