Puntland even though their budget is far more realistic and better managed then anywhere in Somalia, it still has areas to improve. The following suggestions is 'constructive criticism' which means, I am not just being 'negative' but showing where positive change can happen. Unlike most Somali criticism it has no real 'substance' beyond 'your not my tribe' and I will find anything to criticise you on.
The way u can tell their criticism isn't about what can be done better since they provide no solution or ideas, so it's obvious it's simply just 'criticism for the sake of criticism'. The problem with this type of criticism is they will be told well how can u criticise me when u don't provide a better alternative? hence this type of argument style crashes on itself on the premise 'at least I am doing something' while you provide nothing better hence the status quo is seen as the best method. Mucarad aan 'solutions' haysan waa 'mucurad' for either 'bribe me' or 'qabiil neceb'.
Now PL budget let's getting cracking where PL has done some public finance management improvements.
1. They created a 'single treasury' account which is quite a good achievement, where-as before their were so many accounts of revenue.
2. They are using 'digital' methods now. This was inevitable since 80% of the region uses mobile money.
Areas that need improvement are the following
To defeat corruption you need 3 ingredients. Transparency, Accountability and Auditing. Transparency means u provide your budget information yearly not just 'forecasts' but 'closures' so it can be seen what happened to the people's money. Auditing means you need an independent agency that is outside the 'govt' control to 'audit' the budget to see where it was allocated and how it was used. An auditor that is named by the 'govt' will lead to no confidence since their not 'free' to carry out their work but will most likely have a conflict of interest in keeping his job rather then keep the govt accountable. Anything he says or reports will be treated with no credibility.
Accountability eventually happens thru good auditors and public disclosure of budget information to the public, each year. Infact all projects carried out in PL should be audited to ensure the money allocated is the job delivered. Without this there is no way to 'fight corruption'. Once this is done, then you need corruption laws passed by parliament on action taken.
The budget should at the very least discuss the revenue collected, percentage of tax applied, sectors that contributed, and aid money. Aid money must be included in the budget or else it may be used 'inappropriately' where it's not accountable. We need then this published on the ministry of finance website showing us how the budget was 'delivered' monthly, quarterly, yearly and the expenses involved and what was left over and showing us the 'policy' it is linked to.
Once that is done we want the auditor general to inspect the budget and investigate the accounts and see it was utilized appropriately following the policy of the govt. The audit general should always provide a yearly report on the previous year budget and the outcomes achieved while showing how it's related to the policy. Once that is done, they should also have a 'separate' donor assessment on projects executed, quality of the project based on the contractual obligations.
This system should be done at the PL regional level first and then when successful to 'delegate' down to the 'district level' to ensure the same operating procedure exists. If we do not do this we will forever be held hostage by the world partners thru middle men such as 'ngos and un' who will be managing our funds for us because we are to dishonest to create a system that gives confidence to donors, that we are 'accountable, transparent, and audited' without this happening, we will alway be viewed with suspicon. Dad aan rabin in lala hisaabtamo waa nin tuug ah is usually the conclusion.
Good governance means transparency not hiding in 'rooms' and in 'secret'. It means transparency and showing the public everything. It means auditing and having a methodology that is acceptable to find out what u did with people money and how it was used and what for and what has been achieved from it is critical.
Some ministries probably exist that just get funded yet do not provide any real 'benefit' any longer and need to be axed so each ministry should prove the money allocated to them and how it was used against what 'policy' of the govt is paramount way to do an 'analysis'.
The way u can tell their criticism isn't about what can be done better since they provide no solution or ideas, so it's obvious it's simply just 'criticism for the sake of criticism'. The problem with this type of criticism is they will be told well how can u criticise me when u don't provide a better alternative? hence this type of argument style crashes on itself on the premise 'at least I am doing something' while you provide nothing better hence the status quo is seen as the best method. Mucarad aan 'solutions' haysan waa 'mucurad' for either 'bribe me' or 'qabiil neceb'.
Now PL budget let's getting cracking where PL has done some public finance management improvements.
1. They created a 'single treasury' account which is quite a good achievement, where-as before their were so many accounts of revenue.
2. They are using 'digital' methods now. This was inevitable since 80% of the region uses mobile money.
Areas that need improvement are the following
To defeat corruption you need 3 ingredients. Transparency, Accountability and Auditing. Transparency means u provide your budget information yearly not just 'forecasts' but 'closures' so it can be seen what happened to the people's money. Auditing means you need an independent agency that is outside the 'govt' control to 'audit' the budget to see where it was allocated and how it was used. An auditor that is named by the 'govt' will lead to no confidence since their not 'free' to carry out their work but will most likely have a conflict of interest in keeping his job rather then keep the govt accountable. Anything he says or reports will be treated with no credibility.
Accountability eventually happens thru good auditors and public disclosure of budget information to the public, each year. Infact all projects carried out in PL should be audited to ensure the money allocated is the job delivered. Without this there is no way to 'fight corruption'. Once this is done, then you need corruption laws passed by parliament on action taken.
The budget should at the very least discuss the revenue collected, percentage of tax applied, sectors that contributed, and aid money. Aid money must be included in the budget or else it may be used 'inappropriately' where it's not accountable. We need then this published on the ministry of finance website showing us how the budget was 'delivered' monthly, quarterly, yearly and the expenses involved and what was left over and showing us the 'policy' it is linked to.
Once that is done we want the auditor general to inspect the budget and investigate the accounts and see it was utilized appropriately following the policy of the govt. The audit general should always provide a yearly report on the previous year budget and the outcomes achieved while showing how it's related to the policy. Once that is done, they should also have a 'separate' donor assessment on projects executed, quality of the project based on the contractual obligations.
This system should be done at the PL regional level first and then when successful to 'delegate' down to the 'district level' to ensure the same operating procedure exists. If we do not do this we will forever be held hostage by the world partners thru middle men such as 'ngos and un' who will be managing our funds for us because we are to dishonest to create a system that gives confidence to donors, that we are 'accountable, transparent, and audited' without this happening, we will alway be viewed with suspicon. Dad aan rabin in lala hisaabtamo waa nin tuug ah is usually the conclusion.
Good governance means transparency not hiding in 'rooms' and in 'secret'. It means transparency and showing the public everything. It means auditing and having a methodology that is acceptable to find out what u did with people money and how it was used and what for and what has been achieved from it is critical.
Some ministries probably exist that just get funded yet do not provide any real 'benefit' any longer and need to be axed so each ministry should prove the money allocated to them and how it was used against what 'policy' of the govt is paramount way to do an 'analysis'.
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