Dar es Salaam, April 18 -- ZANZIBAR: SWEEPING policy and legal reforms, including the enactment of the Public Audit Act, Number 7 of 2023, have boosted accountability in Zanzibars government operations, President Hussein Mwinyi has declared.

“We have empowered our oversight institutions through training, provision of working tools, and construction of supportive operational infrastructure for increased efficiency,” Dr Mwinyi told the Southern Africa Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (SADCOPAC) during a two-day workshop here on Wednesday.

He cited the rescue of 86.3% of the government funds that could have otherwise been swindled, a 96% transparency increase in the execution of development proje...