Thread by @foritssake

AG main findings
- Reports are in the linked tweet
- only 35 ministry department and agencies( MDAs) were audited due to covid19
- about 20 of these did not submit reports ( accounts) pertaining to how they used the money that was given to them 2019, in violation of article 41

https://twitter.com/oagsomalia/status/1336688688361852931

- The accountant general, AC, was expected by default to prepare how budgeted money was used by relevent ministries and agencies
- The AC has failed to discharge assigned duties, second tier failure to hold relevent entities to account.
AD recommends AC to do his job #Somalia

+12 million dollars was paid to ministries & agencies without filing how the money was used:
- No receipt, invoice, ticket for travel,

-They were money given after supporting documents submitted; however, such doc was not stamped with PAID allowing to be reused to collect money

- Money budgeted, e.g., for covering office costs was used for travel, even though no money was budgeted for travel
- In some cases, budget re-allocation ( using money for a reason not approved by parliament ) was done without finance minister approval, given relevance #Somalia

- Two ministries, air transport and religious affairs, printed their own receipts, refused to use the receipts of the AC and Finance Minister
- They collected ~$2 million and then used it without depositing in the Central Bank; the money did not appear in their financial reports

#Somalia’s financial management information systems, SFMIS, under Accountant General (AC), employs non Government employees who manage & supervise the info from outside the country
- AC refused to avail to AG contracts governing SFMIS management for auditing, suggesting: hiding.

- 21 Hajj Visas intended for health specialists & guides for Pilgrims were given to federal MPs and Ministers,
- This negatively impacted Pilgrims , was violation of FGS and KSA agreement.
- Contracts given to Hajj companies was not transparent: evaluation forms not filled out

#Somalia’s federal government uses Barre era laws with regard to NISA, SNA, Custodial & police, per Auditor General:
- This explains why the federal police commissioner had just appointed police officials to Galmudug, failing to respect its constitution
- Federal parliament: Act

#Somalia’s government, despite being in wartime era, per Auditor General, lacks Table of Organization and Equipment, a tool used by modern armies to define the mission, organization & the capacity of the army, and also guides recruitment, deployments and management of personnel