The urgency of a forensic audit :: Mmegi Online

Public demands for a thebe-by-thebe review of how public funds were spent in the past years, have grown louder as the new government sounds the alarm on the weak state of the budget. Besides finding “lost funds,” a forensic audit would heal the trust deficit that has widened over the years between taxpayers and government. MBONGENI MGUNI & TIMOTHY LEWANIKA write

Every time Finance Ministry officials decry the poor state of public finances and warn about the difficult decisions due to come in future budgets, many Batswana on social media ask about the progress made in tracking past spending by the previous administration (s).

And naturally so. Before being asked to tighten their belts and prepare for a bumpy fiscal ride ahead, taxpayers are asking for accounting records of their last contributions to public finance – specifically how these were used.

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