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IS GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY IMPROVING? LESSONS FROM THE 2024 AUDIT REPORT

Abu Bakarr Kamara, National Coordinator of the Budget Advocacy Network, acknowledges some visible progress in Sierra Leone’s accountability landscape, particularly through Parliament’s more active public hearings and the improved quality of the Auditor General’s reporting. He notes that these developments signal growing openness and civic scrutiny over public spending.

However, Kamara argues that systemic management of public resources remains largely unchanged, stressing that improvements are more procedural than practical. He highlights persistent gaps between policies on paper and their actual implementation by government institutions.

Despite clear provisions in government’s standard operating procedures requiring annual public reports on how audit recommendations are implemented, he says no such reports have been published since 2023. This absence of transparency, he warns, continues to weaken public trust in government’s commitment to reform.

Are policy reforms enough if citizens cannot see how audit recommendations are acted upon?