We’ll rely heavily on investigative agencies to recover loot – Musokotwane

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government will be leaning heavily on police and other investigative agencies to ensure that they deal with revelations of wasteful expenditure in the Auditor General’s Report. The Auditor General’s Report on Accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended December 31, 2020, revealed that wasteful expenditure among ministries increased from K3.7 million in 2019 to K1.4 billion in 2020. In an interview, Dr Musokotwane said investigative wings should do their work without fail and ensure that those found misusing government resources were brought to book. “The general principle is that when public resources are wasted, we hand over reports of that nature to the police for appropriate action. We will...