Mandate:

To ensure that effective systems for ensuring transparency, accountability and low fiduciary.

The core functions of the department:

• Evaluating the effectiveness of internal control system and ascertain whether they are functioning.
• Carrying out spot checks on areas such as revenue and Appropriation in Aid.
• Reviewing and evaluating the reliability and integrity of record keeping.
• Reviewing budgetary reallocation process to ensure legislative and administrative compliance.
• Ensuring that revenue, AIA and other receipts due to the government are collected and banked promptly
• Carrying out a pre-audit of all documents used in initiating commitment and expenditure and in effecting
• payments such as AIE's, LPO's and contract agreements.
• Reviewing and pre-auditing Annual Appropriation Accounts, Fund Accounts and annual audited statements.
• Ensuring that the government's physical assets, plant and equipment, supplies, stores etc are appropriately recorded in the relevant registers and are kept under safe custody.
• Reporting on the results of audit work and recommendations to the Permanent Secretary.