Zitto Zuberi Kabwe.
Shilingi bilioni 67.7 zimelipwa na
Serikali kwa vyama vya siasa katika kipindi cha miaka 4, 2009/2010 mpaka
2012/2013. Fedha hizi hazijakaguliwa kwa mujibu wa Sheria.
Mahesabu ya Vyama vya siasa nchini yanapaswa kukaguliwa na Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Mahesabu ya Serikali kwa mujibu wa Sheria tangu mwaka 2009. Tangu mwaka huo Kamati ya PAC haijawahi kuona Taarifa ya CAG kuhusu ukaguzi wa vyama vya siasa.
Mahesabu ya Vyama vya siasa nchini yanapaswa kukaguliwa na Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Mahesabu ya Serikali kwa mujibu wa Sheria tangu mwaka 2009. Tangu mwaka huo Kamati ya PAC haijawahi kuona Taarifa ya CAG kuhusu ukaguzi wa vyama vya siasa.
Kamati imemwita Msajili wa vyama ili
kufafanua ni kwa nini Vyama vya Siasa nchini havifuati sheria (vifungu vya
sheria vimeambatanishwa hapa chini). Uvunjifu huu wa Sheria ni wa makusudi au
wa kutokujua? Sheria inataka Mahesabu ya vyama yatangazwe kwa uwazi, tena kwa
Government Notice. Umewahi kuona? Tarehe 15 Oktoba, 2013 Kamati ya PAC
itatafuta majibu haya kutoka kwa Msajili na ikibidi vyama vyenyewe. Tunataka
uwazi wa matumizi ya Fedha za Umma.Vyama vya siasa ndio vinaunda Serikali,
uwazi unaanzia huko ili kuepuka fedha chafu kama za EPA kuingia kuvuruga
uchaguzi nchini.
Vyama vifuatavyo vimepokea Ruzuku ya
jumla shilingi bilioni 67.7 tangu mwaka wa fedha 2009/2010;
CCM tshs 50.97 bilioni
CHADEMA tshs 9.2 bilioni
CUF tshs 6.29 bilioni
NCCR - M tshs 0.677 bilioni
UDP tshs 0.33 bilioni
TLP tshs 0.217 bilioni
APPT - M tshs 11 milioni
DP tshs 3.3 milioni
CHAUSTA tshs 2.4 milioni
Political Parties Act, No. 5 of 1992
as ammended from time to time.
14. -(1) Every political party which
has been fully registered shall—
a) maintain proper accounts of the
funds and property of the party;
b) submit to the Registrar –
"(i) an annual statement of the
account of the political
party audited by the Controller and
Auditor-General and
the report of the account."
(This became law in March, 2009)
ii) an annual declaration of all the
property owned by the party.
(2) The Registrar, after inspecting
any accounts or report submitted pursuant to this section may, for the benefit of the
members or the public, publish any matter relation to the funds, resources or property of
any party or the use of such funds, resources or property.
(3) The Registrar shall publish in
the official Gazette, an annual report on the audited accounts of every party.
18. -(1) Subventions granted to a
party may be spent only on
(a) the parliamentary activities of
a party;
(b) the civil activities of a party;
(c) any lawful activity relating to
an election in which a party nominates a candidate;
(d) any other necessary or
reasonable requirement of a party.
(2) Subventions granted to a
political party shall be accounted for to the Registrar, separately from the accounting for other funds of the party.
(3) Any party which fails or
neglects to account for subventions in accordance with this Act, shall forfeit the
right to any subsequent subvention due to the party in accordance with this Act.
(4) Where the Registrar is for any
reasonable cause, dissatisfied with any account of subventions submitted by any
party, so much of the subvention which has not been accounted for or has not been
accounted for satisfactorily, shall be deducted form any subsequent subvention due
to the party.
(5) If by reason of failure to
submit an account or for any other reason, the Registrar has reason to suspect that
any offence under the Penal Code may have been committed in relation to the
money which has not been committed in relation to the money which has not
be been accounted for, he may make a report to a police station, and the officer
in charge of that police station shall cause the matter to be investigated.
18A. Notwithstanding the provisions
of sections 14 and 18, every political party
receiving subvention in accordance with this Act shall, not
later than 3151 October every year, submit to the
Registrar financial statements and audited accounts
reflecting any other source of funds and details
regarding the manner in which•such funds were used."
(became law in 2009)
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