Harare City Council Orders Audit Of Its Bank Accounts

Harare City Council has ordered a detailed audit of its  bank accounts after discrepancies were discovered on listed bank accounts and those used by clearing officers to process electronic and other bill payments.

An internal Information Communication Technology Audit Review of electronic banking platforms also revealed there was a mismatch between the City of Harare’s register of point of sale (POS) devices, the physical count and bank’s register of POS devices deployed. The recent Audit Committee minutes read:

There were over 300 unauthorised users of the BIQ receipting module. The credit control Real Time Gross Settlement office does not maintain a record of authorisation vouchers issued for verified RTGS payments. There were numerous boxes of unfilled financial documents in the chief clerical officers’ open plan office in the cash control section at Rowan Martin building. The city’s point of sale devices were not integrated with the BIQ system.

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