Financial Risk:
Critical
Score:
12/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
50/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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There is an officer in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) (i.e. the principal officer being the director of procurement research & administration) with the…
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The administration of the Zimbabwe military is murky in practice, therefore, it is difficult to find information on disposal of obsolete, unserviceable or equipment…
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The financial results of asset disposals are not made publicly available. However, the Office of the Auditor General Zimbabwe (OAG), in the 2017 report,…
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Q25
25/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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By law, the books must be submitted before the auditor general for scrutiny, the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament must also have access to…
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The Defence Act gives the command structure of the military the power to withhold books with information pertaining to financials or disposals to scrutiny…
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Audit reports on asset disposables are not publicly available. The MoD has an internal audit department; its responsibility is to ensure that the books…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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Defence budgets presented in Parliament do not provide broken details on military expenditures; this information is not publicly available. A large portion of the…
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Q27
0/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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The legislature has a Committee on Defence and Security established in the Constitution, its proceedings are open to the public [1]. On paper, they…
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Q28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Parliament has, in principle, the powers to debate everything which relates to the use of public funds, the official source of public funds and…
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This indicator is marked “Not Applicable,” as legislators are not provided audit reports on secret items and secret programmes are not audited at all.
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Q29
33/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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The Constitution of Zimbabwe, declares that it is imperative that all expenditure be approved by Parliament, all money raised nationally, must in terms of…
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Even though ‘off the budget’ expenditure is not allowed by the law, there is evidence that shows that the military in Zimbabwe conducts ‘off…
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The frequency of off-budget expenditure is unclear, so it is hard to determine, there are no accessible documents to ascertain the number of times…
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There are general constitutional provisions on access to information that gives citizens the right to obtain public information [1]. There are no specific provisions…
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This indicator is not scored in the GDI. The Official Secrets Act is the general piece of legislation that guides the classification of information.…
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The public is rarely able to access information on finances and expenditures from the defence sector, if at all [1]. However, journalists can make…
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Q31
0/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) solely or jointly own several investments, mainly in the mining sector. These ventures translate into billions of dollars, and…
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There is no mechanism to publicly declare the Zimbabwe Defence Forces interests and investments. These investments are not guided by an existing legal framework…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
0/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Audits are carried out for purposes of internal use, there is evidence of people in the military who have been arrested for doubling transfer…
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Military owned businesses have never published audited financials of their private enterprise. There is no legal framework providing for their operation and involvement in…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
0/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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There is no legal framework for the involvement of the military, police or intelligence services in private enterprise. Historically, the government conducts all its…
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The government has never hidden the commercial activity of the military, even when there is no legal framework supporting such actions. The military owns…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
25/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Details of actual spending are published by the minister of finance through the budget of the following calendar year. The information is not disaggregated,…
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In principle, there is a Defence Forces Commission which must be chaired by the chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, whose responsibility includes the…
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At the end of each calendar year, the minister responsible for finance presents consolidated statements of expenditures which make part of his/her presentation of…
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Variances between amounts appropriated and the actual spend are outlined in general and not detailed; they are not explained, the variances are only stated…
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