## 4. Submission of Accounts 

The Annual Statements of Accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2018 were submitted to me by the Accountant General, for the purpose of auditing, as required by Section 42 (2) of the Public Finance Management Act, within the time prescribed by the Act. The Act requires that the accounts and statements shall be submitted to me within 6 months after the end of the financial year to which those accounts and statements relate. 

## 5. Auditor General’s Certificate 

The examination of the Annual Statements of Accounts of the Botswana Government for the year ended 31 March 2018, which had been submitted to me in terms of Section 42 (2) of the Public Finance Management Act has been completed and my certificate thereon dated 25 February 2019 was transmitted to the Accountant General in terms of Section 42 (3) of the Act. 

## 6. Submission of the Report 

In terms of Section 19 (3) of the Public Audit Act, (Cap 54: 02). I am required to submit my report on the audit of the annual accounts and statements and related matters to the Minister responsible for finance within 9 months after the end of financial year to which those accounts and statements relate, that is to say, 31 December in each year, who shall cause them to be laid before the National Assembly. 

For the year under review, I have not been able to meet the statutory deadline, as my report was not ready for dispatch to the Government Printer until March 2019. 

## 7. Outstation Inspections 

The conduct of outstation inspections of up-country offices to review their operations and compliance with the rules and regulations forms part of the programmed audits of the Ministerial accounts. However, in view of the countrywide spread of these offices, it is not possible to visit all of them in any one year, but have to be done on a selective and rotational basis. 

