The Chamber of Accounts identified violations of financial discipline amounting to 13.1 billion KGS

A state audit in Kyrgyzstan has once again revealed problems with financial discipline. At the end of 2024, the Chamber of Accounts identified violations amounting to 13.1 billion KGS, of which 10 billion have already been returned to the state and local budgets. Thus, the recovery rate reached 76.3%.

In 2024, the Chamber of Accounts conducted 88 audits covering 1,848 organisations, from ministries and departments to municipal structures and state-owned enterprises. Of these, 1,150 are budgetary institutions, 351 are economic entities, and 339 are organisations financed from local budgets.

The majority of violations are related to the misuse of budget funds, overestimation of estimates, weak internal control, and violations of public procurement procedures. The agency notes that such cases are systemic in nature and require stricter financial discipline at the local level.

In addition to direct violations, auditors identified 88.6 billion KGS in potential reserves to replenish the budget and nearly 30 billion KGS in inefficient expenditures classified as ‘budget losses.’ A total of 1,617 procedural violations were recorded that did not fall into the financial category but indicated shortcomings in management processes.