Published
10/19/2026, 17:08Government agencies often dispute the Audit Chamber’s findings after the audit reports have been published, even though they agree with the audit results prior to their approval. At the same time, the Audit Chamber asserts that every violation identified is supported by audit evidence.
Aibek Ibraev, head of the Department of Planning, Reporting, and Monitoring, told “Akchabaru” about this on October 19 at an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Audit Chamber.
According to him, before a report is submitted to the Audit Chamber Council for review, auditors discuss the identified violations with representatives of the audited organizations. At this stage, Ibraev asserts, government agencies agree with the conclusions presented.
“All the information we publish and include in our reports is supported by audit evidence,” he emphasized.
However, after the audit results are made public, some agencies publicly express their disagreement with the auditors’ conclusions and state their intention to challenge them.
Ibraev emphasized that the Audit Chamber has the necessary evidence to support each finding.
By the end of 2025, the Audit Chamber had conducted 98 audit engagements covering 1,636 organizations and units. The total amount of financial irregularities subject to recovery reached 21.4 billion KGS. Of this amount, 13.4 billion KGS, or 62.6%, had been recovered and reimbursed by the end of the year.
In addition, during an audit of the consolidated financial statements of the public sector, auditors identified assets totaling 61.1 billion KGS that had not previously been recorded in the accounts. These assets were subsequently included in the financial statements.
In accordance with the constitutional law on the Chamber of Accounts adopted in 2023, the agency has committed to increasing the transparency of its activities. Currently, audit reports that do not contain classified information or information for official use only are published and made publicly available.
