Some SCT beneficiaries were not paid entitlements totalling over K86m despite funds being available – AG

THE Auditor General’s Report on accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended December 31, 2020 has revealed that out of the 616,464 Social Cash Transfer beneficiaries, 251,478 were not paid their full entitlements totalling K86,151,000, despite the funds being available. And the report has disclosed that although the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services was underfunded, as at December 31, 2020, amounts totalling K729,694,008 had been spent leaving a balance of K130,905,395. The report revealed that as at July 31, 2021, no satisfactory explanation was provided in respect of the failure to fully disburse the funds. “The beneficiaries were in two categories namely; the vulnerable and the disabled who received K180 or K360 per payment cycle respectively....