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Constantine Manda, previous EASST visiting fellow and researcher at Twaweza, revealed the findings of a report issued by Tanzania's former Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Ludovick Utouh, which features the most recent nationally representative data around citizens's views surrounding three national financial oversight bodies: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Local Authority Accounts Committee (LAAC), and the National Audit Office of Tanzania (NAOT). Titled, "Guardians of accountability: citizen knowledge and opinion regarding oversight bodies", the report uses data collected in the 25th round of Sauti za Wananchi, Africa's first nationally-representative high frequency mobile phone survey, to gather responses of 1,474 people from across Mainland Tanzania in September-October 2014. Key findings indicated that citizens are clearly affected by corruption and have little faith in key oversight bodies to address their concerns.
Some of these key findings include:
While the CAG audit observations and recommendations have the objective of improving performance and accountability in government spending, CAG is incapable of enforcing the implementation of these recommendations. Despite citizen's skepticism and lack of awareness surrounding these financial oversight institutions, they are not advocating for particularly strong sanctions against those who misuse public money. Strong leadership at all levels is needed to not only ensure the effective implementation of accountability mechanisms, but to create lawful sanctions against those who misuse public funds and educate the general public and those in positions of power about methods of accountability and the importance of establishing such mechanisms. Read the full press release here EASST Fellow Welcome Reception2/20/2015 
The Spring 2015 EASST Visiting Fellow Welcome Reception was held February 19, 2015
Yesterday, EASST hosted a welcome reception for the spring 2015 cohort of EASST visiting fellows. Held at UC Berkeley, over 40 faculty, graduate students, and staff were able to network and discuss research with Anthony Mveyange, Fredrick Manang, and John Bosco Asiimwe.
If you'd like to meet with one of the EASST fellows, e-mail global-impact-network@berkeley.edu. If you're a UC Berkeley graduate student, you can sign-up for a sponsored lunch with a fellow here.
The Center for Effective Global Action and the East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST) Collaborative are celebrating the arrival of our spring 2015 cohort of East African Visiting Fellows! We invite you to join us on Thursday, February 19th to socialize with CEGA faculty and staff, meet with PhD students, and welcome our visiting fellows from Tanzania and Uganda. We hope that you can join in an afternoon of networking and lively conversation! Please RSVP via the link below.
Spring 2015 EASST Visiting Fellow Welcome Reception: Thursday, February 19th 4:00pm-6:00pm Patio in front of Giannini Hall, UC Berkeley (**weather permitting) Please RSVP below. Light refreshments will be served. For more information on the EASST Collaborative fellows, go here. Please forward to any colleagues interested in meeting the new fellows at UC Berkeley. We look forward to seeing you then! (**If weather does not permit an outside presence, we will gather in 248 Giannini Hall)
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