Morogoro:The Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) has urged Procurement Officers to fully comply with procurement laws, regulations and procedures to control the loss of government funds and eliminate audit issues that arise frequently in the implementation of projects.
The statement was made by TARURA Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Victor Seff while concluding a three-day capacity building training for TARURA Procurement Unit Heads from all 26 regions held in Morogoro region.
Engineer Seff said the training aimed to build the capacity of procurement professionals on the correct implementation of the procurement law as well as how to deal with the challenges they encounter in their daily duties.
He said one of the major challenges that arise is the selection of contractors who are incapable of implementing projects effectively as well as weaknesses in the management of various contract guarantees, especially advance payment guarantees.
“We have been seeing the challenge of expired guarantees, especially advance payment guarantees, which causes government funds to be lost and difficult to recover from paid contractors”, said Engineer Seff.
He explained that through the training, experts have had the opportunity to discuss these challenges in detail and be reminded of their responsibility to comply with the laws, procedures and guidelines set to ensure that such shortcomings do not recur.
He said TARURA has planned to ensure that issues related to expired guarantees as well as unpaid advance payments will not continue to appear in audit reports.
“We have agreed that from now on we will no longer expect to see audit issues related to expired guarantees or unpaid advance payments as required by the contract”, he said.
TARURA’s Director of Procurement Management, Mr. Venant Majambo said the working session aimed to assess the implementation of financial procurement activities for 2025/2026 where more than 70 percent of the funds used by TARURA go through procurement processes.
He said the training will help TARURA enter the new financial year 2026/2027 with professionals with a broad understanding of procurement laws and procedures, a move that will help increase transparency, accountability and efficiency in the use of public funds.
Mr. Majambo said TARURA aims to reduce the shortcomings identified in audit reports from the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), PPRA and internal auditors through effective management of procurement activities.
