The Department of Internal State Audit for the Akmola Region conducted an internal state audit on the issue of compliance with the requirements of the budgetary and other legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the use of funds allocated for ensuring public safety and the execution of punishments.
According to Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Audit and Financial Control," the purpose of state audit is to improve the efficiency of managing and using budgetary funds, state assets, and assets of quasi-public sector entities.
The conducted audit focused on the lawful use of budgetary funds, and deviations from the requirements of the Budget Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 95-IV dated December 4, 2008, were identified. The Audit Object incurred unjustified expenses for catering services, salary payments, travel expenses, utility services, as well as violations in the sphere of public procurement.
The Department of Internal State Audit for the Akmola Region issued an order to the Audit Object, instructing it to take appropriate measures to reimburse (transfer) to the budget the amounts of the identified violations.
Furthermore, eleven administrative offense protocols were drawn up against officials who violated public procurement procedures.
The оbject has taken measures to comply with the order, reimbursing an amount of 52.2 million tenge by transferring funds to the republican budget.
Thus, identified deviations from the requirements of the budgetary and other legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan have been eliminated, and administrative measures have been applied to the officials of the audit object.