Issue (by Ministerial Order) implementing regulations on the implementation of the Constituency Development Funds Act, in accordance with the PFM Act.
Introduced at R4. Macroeconomic criticality: To promote the transparency and accountability in the use of public funds. New program benchmark. This should encourage transparency and best practice and enhance accountability in the use of the constituency funds. At R5R6, not met. The authorities have proposed an alternative commitment namely implementation of procurement regulations under the Public Finance Act. They have indicated that the transparency and accountability objectives of the benchmark can be met by the application of the Public Finance Act that was enacted in January 2014 instead of adopting the implementing regulations of the CDF Act which have been superseded by the implementation of the Public Finance Act. Steps have already been taken to improve accountability and transparency in these funds through more disciplined procurement processes required by the draft Procurement Rules and Regulations which are now at an advanced stage and will come into effect before July 2016 and the application of other regulations that implement the Public Finance Act. According to staff's assessment, this alternative commitment addresses issues of accountability and transparency, which was the intent of the original benchmark, and is an adequate substitute.