The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is Zambia’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI). In accordance with the provisions of Article 250of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)Act No. 2 of 2016, the OAG recently published a Special Audit Report on External Public Debt of the Republic of Zambia for the period;1st January 2006 to 31st December...Continue Reading

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) welcomes the release of the 2023 Financial Intelligence Centre Trends Report. While TI-Z is currently analysing the specific case studies presented in the report, our overall view thus far is that the 2023 FIC Trends Report shows increased capacity to identify illicit financial transactions in Zambia and therefore provides a good...Continue Reading

Out of the ZMW 41.9 Billion of the Supplementary Budget, 19.8% or ZMW8.3 Billion will be allocated to the National Drought Response. Out of this amount, ZMW 5.2 Billion is allocated to Social Cash Transfer Programme under Ministry of Community Development and Social Services. ZMW14.6 Billion or 34.8% of the budget has been allocated to...Continue Reading

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) acknowledges the transparency demonstrated by the Government in announcing the supplementary budget amounting to K41.9 billion. This announcement reflects a proactive approach in reallocating resources, in response to current challenges and potentially in response to the utilization patterns observed by Ministries, Provinces and Spending Agencies (MPSAs).However, TI-Z wishes to raise some...Continue Reading