The Appointments Committee of Parliament has vetted the presidential nominee, Edward Akol as the Auditor General of Uganda.
Chaired by Speaker Anita Among, the committee’s report will be transmitted to the appointing authority. Akol will take over from John Muwanga, who is set to retire.
Muwanga was appointed the Auditor General for a five-year term from 2001 to 2005. He was re-appointed again in July 2007 to date.
Akol joined the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) as an auditor in August 1994. He was promoted to Senior Auditor in July 1999 and accelerated to Senior Principal Auditor in May 2004.
Akol has immense experience in auditing donor-funded government projects. In addition to his B.Com. (Accounting) from Makerere University (1993), he holds a CPA (K) professional qualification and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University-Edinburgh Business School.
He also has certificates in Training of Trainers (OAG, 1997), Foreign Aid Accounting and Auditing (UMI, 2002), Instructional Techniques (AFROSAI, 2002), IT Auditing (AFROSAI, 2001), ADB Project Implementation (African Development Institution, 1999), and Forensic Investigations and Money Laundering (Zambia, 2006).
