I’ll take punitive measures against officers making illegal payments – Nkulukusa

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says punitive action will be taken against officers from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) and the Ministry of Defence if they fail to produce documents which allowed various payments. Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee, Tuesday, Nkulukusa wondered how payments would be made in the absence of vouchers. “There are two payments that were observed. One was going to DMMU and the other one was going to the Ministry of Defence. We wish to state that the Ministry of Finance through head 21 processed funding amounting to 5 million to DMMU and 20 million to the Ministry of Defence. Further, the treasury wishes to submit that the expenditure pertaining to the amounts…...