The Ministry of Education has come under scrutiny after appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to address audit queries highlighted in a recent report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the major issues raised was the accumulation of over 1 billion Kwacha in unpaid debts, which include: Leave terminal benefits, Repatriation and leave travel benefits as well as payments to suppliers and contractors<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the significant debt, the PAC expressed concern over the Ministry\u2019s failure to remit 1 million Kwacha in Pay as You Earn (PAYE) taxes to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This tax was deducted from employees at five stations in Western Province but was not forwarded to the tax authority as required.
By Victoria Kayeye Yambani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Education has come under scrutiny after appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to address audit queries highlighted in a recent report. One of the major issues raised was the accumulation of over 1 billion Kwacha in unpaid debts, which include: Leave terminal benefits, Repatriation and leave travel benefits as well as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n