Audit of USAID Uganda’s Microfinance Activities

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALAUDIT OF USAID/UGANDA’S MICROFINANCE ACTIVITIES AUDIT REPORT NO. 4-617-07-010-P August 30, 2007 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICAOffice of Inspector General August 30, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Uganda, Acting Mission Director, Deborah Grieser FROM: Regional Inspector General/Pretoria, Nathan S. Lokos /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Uganda’s Microfinance Activities (Report No. 4-617-07-010-P) This memorandum transmits the Office of Inspector General’s report on the subject audit. In finalizing this report, we considered management comments on the draft report and have included those comments in their entirety in Appendix II. The report includes three recommendations to strengthen USAID/Uganda’s management of its microfinance activities. In responding to the draft report, the Mission concurred with all three recommendations. In the case of Recommendation Nos. 1 and 2, actions taken by the Mission are sufficient to achieve final action. For Recommendation No. 3, a management decision has not been reached because the Mission has not indicated how it will communicate the need to properly document site visits to its staff. Please provide my office with written notice, within 30 days of the date of this memorandum, on additional information on actions planned or taken to implement Recommendation No. 3. I sincerely appreciate the cooperation and courtesy extended to my staff during this audit. U.S. Agency for International Development ...