Dar es Salaam, April 16 -- DODOMA: THE Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Charles Kichere, has revealed that four political parties collected a total of 31.7m/- but failed to deposit the funds into their respective party bank accounts as required by law.

He made this statement in his audit report for the 2023/24 financial year, identifying the parties as NCCR-Mageuzi (26.226m/-), Chama cha Kijamii – CCK ( 2.882m/-), Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma – CHAUMA (2.175m/-), and National League for Democracy – NLD, whose exact amount was not mentioned.

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The CAG stated that failing to deposit the funds in the bank violates Section 15(1) of the Political Parties Act, Chapter 258, as am...