KSAMC can't explain $33m spent on houses for poor - auditor general report

KSAMC can't explain $33m spent on houses for poor - auditor general report

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation has not been able to provide information on its expenditure of $33 million under a housing programme for poor persons between 2018 and 2022, an auditor general's department investigation has found...

Managing Government’s Social Benefit Programmes – Auditor General's Department

One of Jamaica’s policy goals is to reduce the national poverty prevalence below 10 per cent by 2030. In 2021, PIOJ estimated Jamaica’s poverty rate to be 16.7 per cent of the population (12.3 per cent in 2023 as per World Bank). The rate of poverty underscores the importance of effective social protection programmes to achieve Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan (NDP) – National Outcome No. 3 – Effective Social Protection. The NDP and…