OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BUYENDE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 5 2.0 AUDIT OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................. 5 3.0 AUDIT METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 6 4.0 ENTITY FINANCING ................................................................................................................. 7 5.0 FINDINGS................................................................................................................................... 7 5.1 Categorization of findings ........................................................................................................ 7 5.2 Summary of audit findings ...................................................................................................... 7 6.0 Detailed Audit Findings ............................................................................................................ 8 6.1 Unaccounted for funds ......................................................................................................... 8 6.2 Unsupported Pension payments ............................................................................................. 8 6.3 Over-payment of Salary ........................................................................................................... 8 6.4 Under-collection of Local Revenue ......................................................................................... 9 6.5 Lack of land titles ...................................................................................................................... 9 6.6 Missing Receipt books .............................................................................................................. 9 6.7 Procurement anomalies ......................................................................................................... 10 6.7.1 Procurement using non-pre-qualified firms .................................................................... 10 6.7.2 Lack of evaluation reports for contracts.......................................................................... 11 6.8 Non-remittance of Local service tax to Lower Local Governments ................................. 11 6.9 Lack of effective Internal Audit Function ........................................................................ 12 6.10 Non-disposal of expired medicines ...................................................................................... 12 6.11 Payroll anomalies .................................................................................................................... 13 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Appendix A; Unaccounted for expenditure ..................................................................................... 14 Appendix B; Lack of Land titles ........................................................................................................ 21 Appendix C; Lack of evaluation reports .......................................................................................... 23 1 LIST OF ACROYNMS DLG District Local Government ICT Information Communication Technology MoFPED Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development UGX Uganda Shillings VAT Value Added Tax WHT Withholding Tax URA Uganda Revenue Authority PFMA Public Finance Management Act ISA International Standards on Auditing ISSAI International Standards for Supreme Audit Institutions PPDA Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets MoESTS Ministry of Education Science and Technology and Sports LGFAR Local Governments Financial and Accounting Regulations PFMA Public Finance and Management Act LST Local Service Tax PDU Procurement and Disposal Unit LG Local Government NMS National Medical Stores GoU Government of Uganda MoU Memorandum of Understanding 2 REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BUYENDE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2016 THE HON. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT Introduction I have audited the accompanying financial statements of Buyende District Local Government for the year ended 30th June 2016. These financial statements comprise of the Statement of Financial Position as at 30th June 2016, Statement of Financial Performance, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash flow Statement together with other accompanying statements, notes and accounting policies. Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Under Article 164 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda,1995(as amended) and Section 45 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2015, the Accounting Officer is accountable to Parliament for the funds and resources of Buyende District Local Government The Accounting Officer is also responsible for the preparation of financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Local Governments Financial and Accounting Manual, 2007, and for such internal control as management determines necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement whether due to fraud or error. Auditor’s Responsibility My responsibility as required by Article 163 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 (as amended), section 87 of the Local Governments Act, 1997 and Sections 13, 16 and 19 of the National Audit Act, 2008 is to express an opinion on these statements based on my audit. I conducted the audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that I comply with the ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing audit procedures to obtain evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements as well as evidence supporting compliance with relevant laws and regulations. The procedures selected depend on the Auditor’s judgment including the assessment of risks of material misstatement of the financial statements whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the Auditor considers internal controls relevant to the entity’s preparation of financial statements in order to 3 design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for purposes of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my qualified audit opinion. Part ‘‘A’’ of this report sets out my opinion on the financial statements. Part “B” which forms an integral part of this report presents in detail, all the significant audit findings made during the audit which have been brought to the attention of management. PART “A” Basis for Qualified Opinion Unaccounted for funds An amount of UGX.162,829,016 had not been accounted for at the time of audit. Unsupported pension payments A sum of UGX.135,297,051 paid to pensioners lacked individual personal files at the district. Consequently, I was unable to confirm that the funds were utilized for the intended purposes. Qualified Opinion In my opinion, except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the financial statements of Buyende District Local Government as at 30th June 2016 are prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Local Governments Financial and Accounting Manual, 2007, Section 51(3) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015, the Local Governments Financial and Accounting Regulations, 2007 and the Local Governments Act, 1997, cap 243 (as amended), of the Laws of Uganda. John F.S. Muwanga AUDITOR GENERAL 4th November, 2016 4 PART “B” DETAILED REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BUYENDE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2016 1.0 INTRODUCTION In accordance with Article 163(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 (as amended), I am required to audit and report on the public accounts of Uganda and of all public offices including the courts, the Central and the Local Government administrations, universities and public institutions of the like nature and any public corporation or other bodies or organizations established by an Act of Parliament. Accordingly, I carried out the audit of the Buyende District Local Government to enable me report to Parliament. 2.0 AUDIT OBJECTIVES The audit was carried out in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and accordingly included a review of the accounting records and agreed procedures as was considered necessary. The audit was carried out with regard to the following objectives:- a. To verify whether the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Local Governments Act and the Regulations, and fairly present the income and expenditures for the year and of the financial position