The Auditor General has revealed that government has lost over Shs53Bn in paying non-existent workers.
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| John Muwanga auditor General handing over report to speaker Anita Among today . |
By our reporter .
John F.S Muwanga made the revelation today, 9th January while presenting his Audit Report to Parliament’s Speaker, Rt. Hon. Anitah Among.
Muwanga says, the Shs53Bn was lost paying workers who had either died, retired or discontinued from service but were still on the payrolls.
Auditor General recommended the recovery of Shs53Bn from 10,192 ‘ghost workers’ who had been on Government payroll, but during the verification exercise in February 2023, these were found to have died, retired or absconded from duty.
The Office of the Auditor General undertook special audit of the salary payroll across government, where it validated all employees in 367 entities comprising of 162 MDAs, 179 Local Governments and 29 other Government organisations in February 2023.
Meanwhile, the Auditor General also revealed that 5,619,120 COVID-19 vaccines valued at Shs28.159Bn, expired in the stores of National Medical Stores, yet the vaccines were bought by a loan from the World Bank.
“Out of 12,595,920 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in stores, 5,619,120 doses had expired. The expired COVID-19 value of the vaccines as at reporting date was worth Shs28.159Bn.
He says more expired vaccines still lie in various health facilities across the country and that the total combined loss to be incurred next year is estimated at Shs300Bn. These are vaccines procured out of the World Bank loan advanced for COVID-19 support.
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