Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council

A dissertation submitted to Mzumbe University as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the Degree of Master of Science Accounting and Finance (MSc A&F) of Mzumbe University

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Autor principal: Magange, Michael
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spelling oai:41.59.85.69:123456789-12262024-09-11T11:21:14Z Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council Magange, Michael Financial discipline Financial transparency Public fund A dissertation submitted to Mzumbe University as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the Degree of Master of Science Accounting and Finance (MSc A&F) of Mzumbe University The problem investigated in this study was existence of lack of accountability, financial discipline and transparency in the use of public fund. The study attempted to investigation reasons behind the prominent habit of lack of accountability, financial discipline and transparency in government expenditure, and how auditing function in Local Government addresses the problem. To investigate the matter different research instrument were used to obtain both primary and secondary data. Primary data were obtained through questionnaires. While secondary data were obtained by studying the Controller and Auditor’s General report and relevant book and journals. Good quality of audit system is crucial for effective financial management, accountability, decision making of an organization. The result of the study proved that there is lack of accountability, financial discipline and transparency in government expenditure. There are many factors which contribute to this situation, some of them are; lack of accountability on public expenditure by the government and Accounting officers are not taking relevant action on the CAG audit reports, in-effective functioning of National audit Office. To alleviate the problem raised the following measures are recommended; first, the existing laws have to be reviewed, second, the LAAC should ensure that it takes relevant/disciplinary actions to Accounting Officers when necessary and the NAO should become more independent, that is:-  The CAG should be appointed by the parliament’  The NAO should become and Agency  Extensive training on CAG staffs  Remuneration of CAG Staff must be reasonable and fair. Private 2024-09-11T11:21:10Z 2024-09-11T11:21:10Z 2013 Thesis APA https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1226 en application/pdf Mzumbe University
spellingShingle Financial discipline
Financial transparency
Public fund
Magange, Michael
Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council
title Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council
title_full Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council
title_fullStr Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council
title_short Assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government’s financial management in Tanzania: A case study of Mwanza city council
title_sort assessment of the effectiveness of audit functions in local government s financial management in tanzania a case study of mwanza city council
topic Financial discipline
Financial transparency
Public fund
url https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1226
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