The Senate Chamber of the Parliament has approved the appointment of Alex Kamuhire as the new Auditor General and Nadine Gatsinzi Umutoni as the Director-General of the National Child Development Agency (NCD).
Appointed during the recent cabinet meeting that convened on October 13, the two officials were vetted on Tuesday, October 19.
Shedding light on why Kamuhire should be approved, Juvenal Nkusi, the president of the Standing Committee for Economic Development and Finance said that the 44-year-old has wide experience in the financial sector and particularly in auditing state finances.
“He ventured into the auditing domain 18 years ago, so after analysing his profile, we realized he has the needed skills, competencies, experiences and will to accomplish the duties he had been given as the Auditor General of State Finances,” he said, asking the Upper Chamber to approve the request.
Prior to his appointment, Kamuhire was the Government Chief Internal Auditor in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning for the last six years.
In his role, he also provided internal audit services to the Central Bank, local government entities and public enterprises as well.
Before his appointment as the Office of the Chief Internal Auditor, Kamuhire worked as a Financial Management Specialist in the office of the Auditor-General.
He also worked as an Internal Auditor in the Ministry of Agriculture and he is among the first auditors in the office of the Auditor General since its establishment in 2003.
