Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has criticised the payment of 3 per cent of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) into the private accounts of the Members of Parliament.
He makes the point that the payment into the private accounts of the lawmakers makes it difficult for the Auditor-General to monitor its use.
He further said that the payment is made to the MPs for Monitoring and Evaluation; however, he wondered what kind of M&E the MPs do since the District Assemblies already do the same thing.
“3% of the Common Fund is paid into private accounts of the MPs for M&E.
“But in the District Assemblies, there are units for M&E, Ministry of Local Government and so how many M&Es do we have?
“The Auditor-General is unable to monitor it, so it is a blot on Parliament,” he said on the KeyPoints on TV3 Saturday, July 4.
Also commenting on this matter, another lawyer, Kofi Bentil described the payment to the MPs’ private accounts as illegal.
He says it must stop immediately.
“It is not supposed to go anywhere. it is unlawful; it should stop,” Mr Bentil said.
