Treasury stalls devolution projects: AG

NON-DiSBURSEMENT of devolution funds has led to failure by local authorities to undertake or complete several development projects, acting Auditor-General Rheah Kujinga has said.

According to a Value for Money Audit Report on monitoring of devolution funded projects by the Local Government and Public Works ministry, local authorities across Zimbabwe are failing to complete projects funded by the devolution funds due to non-disbursement of allocated funds, non-monitoring of the projects and undertaking of unapproved projects.

The special audit, according to Kujinga, was motivated by huge budget allocations and media reports which reported differing views on whether devolution funds had undeniably assisted economic development of communities.

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