The Court of Auditors of Kinshasa puts pressure on the provincial government. Indeed, in a correspondence addressed to the President of the Kinshasa Provincial Assembly, Jimmy Munganga Ngwaka, first president of the Court of Auditors, expressed his dissatisfaction with the non-transmission of the draft edict on the rendering of the accounts of the city for fiscal year 2022.
According to Munganga Ngwaka, this non-transmission violates article 185 of the law relating to public finances, which stipulates that the draft edict and the report of the Court of Auditors must be tabled before the end of the ordinary session in March. He also recalls that this lack of filing constitutes a mismanagement, under article 214 of the said law.
The Court of Auditors therefore asks the Provincial Assembly to take measures against the provincial government and its members responsible for this delay, in accordance with article 32 of the Organic Law on the composition, organization and functioning of the Court Accounts, as well as article 213, paragraph 2 of the Law on public finances.
The draft edict relating to the rendering of the accounts of the city of Kinshasa had however been adopted in the Provincial Assembly and amounted to an amount of 883,238,883,167.63 Congolese francs. The execution rate reached 89.32% compared to forecasts. Revenues amounted to 788,981,568,525.48 FC, with a positive balance of 112,923,119.92 FC.
It is essential that the provincial government meet its accountability obligations. Transparency and good management of public finances are essential to ensure the development and well-being of the population of Kinshasa. We hope that this warning from the Court of Auditors will encourage the government to act quickly and remedy this situation