Public money
Budget transparency in East Africa is low by international standards and citizen engagement in the budget process constrained. Uwazi Budget Portal provides a facility to access and engage with budget information and emerging issues in public resource management. By providing a gateway to this information this portal hopes to facilitate better and informed citizen engagement with policy makers.
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13 May 2011
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Public money
Many districts in Tanzania fail to account for the money they spend. As a consequence they receive queries from the Auditor General. The 2009/10 report of the Auditor General shows that 122 billion shilling is implied in outstanding audit queries, the highest amount in five years. Only five districts had no outstanding audit queries.
10 Mar 2011
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Public money
International best practice in budget transparency recommends that countries publish eight (8) key budget documents at various stages in the annual budget cycle. But how many of these does Tanzania issue in the course of the budget cycle?
1 Jan 2011
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Public money
Accountable governance of public resources means less audit queries that are not resolved. Many Central Government agencies however fail in this area.
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