During the meeting Kozy-Korpesh Dzhanburtchin reported to the President on the main results of the Committee’s work in 2015, the existing problems in the usage and planning of budgetary funds, as well as the tasks for the coming period.
Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed the Committee’s head to ensure implementation of the recently adopted law “On state audit and financial control”.
In addition, the President stressed that auditing should address not only financial matters but evaluate the effectiveness of the agency’s activities in all areas.
Kozy-Korpesh Dzhanburtchin said last year 29 audits were carried out by the Accounts Committee in 303 government bodies. The total sum of the revealed financial irregularities increased threefold and amounted to 1.3 trillion tenge.
The head of the Committee said that 75 juridical persons and 66 officials were brought to administrative responsibility for violations of budget and other legislation. The committee has sent 40 materials to law enforcement agencies.He also reported on the main results of the audit commissions’ activities in the regions, as well as in the cities of Astana and Almaty.
Following the meeting the Head of State gave a number of specific tasks, including on the improvement of public audit and financial control.