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Ethiopia: House of Peoples' Representatives audit oversight

Last checked: 22 October 2026 · By parliament

In Ethiopia's House of Peoples' Representatives, the Government Expenditure Management and Oversight Affairs Standing Committee reviews the Federal Auditor General's reports and examines audit findings 3. It passes findings to the standing committees that oversee the audited bodies and can hold public hearings with them on repeated, serious problems 3. The Auditor General presents the annual report to the full House 4. The House website lists its committees and members 2.
Lead committee
Government Expenditure Management and Oversight Affairs Standing Committee (English rendering of the Amharic name) 3
Members listed
14 3
Standing committees listed
13 2
Auditor General (June 2024)
Meseret Damtie, as reported by Munir Shemsu 4
House powers
Article 55 of the Constitution, as cited by the House 1

The committee that handles audit reports

The House website lists 13 standing committees. None is titled public accounts or audit 2. The committee page for the Government Expenditure Management and Oversight Affairs Standing Committee says it reviews the Federal Auditor General's reports and examines the audit findings. It sends the audit report to the standing committees that oversee the audited institutions and discusses the findings with them. Where a problem is repeated and serious, it may organize a public hearing on the finding together with the relevant standing committee. The page says its oversight is limited to audit findings 3.

The page lists 14 members. Its chairperson section was empty when this site checked on 22 October 2026 3. This site's English committee name is a rendering of the Amharic title and may differ from the House's own English usage.

How the House presents its powers

The House's About page cites Article 55 of the Constitution for its powers and functions and Article 50(3) for its accountability to the people. It lists monitoring and controlling government bodies among its powers 1.

Annual report sessions and responses

Munir Shemsu of Addis Fortune reported on 22 June 2024 on the Auditor General's annual report session. Auditor General Meseret Damtie said her office would post audit findings on its websites. Deputy Auditor General Abera Tadesse urged the media and civil society to increase pressure on agencies.Deputy Speaker Lomi Bedo said she would refer the low attendance of executive officials to the responsible standing committee 4.

Yohannes Anberbir of The Reporter reported on 11 July 2020 that the then Auditor General, Gemechu Dubisso, had submitted his findings to the House secretariat before the House went into recess. He said he would release the report to the media if the House refused to call an extraordinary session to hear it 5.

This site has not found a published written executive response to the committee's findings, or a House record of follow-up on them, as of 22 October 2026.

Where to find documents

  • Standing committees and member lists on the House website 2.
  • Published laws, meeting news, the House newspaper and the library, linked from the About page 1.
  • The Office of the Federal Auditor General website is ofag.gov.et. This site could not open it to check its reports as of 22 October 2026.
  • This site did not find a Hansard section on the House website as of 22 October 2026.

Records on this site

This site has no Ethiopia recommendation record yet. Records follow the method in How to track a recommendation. For a neighbouring system, see the Kenya page.

Common questions

Which committee of Ethiopia's House reviews audit reports?

The Government Expenditure Management and Oversight Affairs Standing Committee, according to its page on the House website 3.

Can the committee hold public hearings?

Yes, on repeated and serious audit findings, together with the relevant standing committee 3.

Who was Ethiopia's Auditor General in 2024?

Meseret Damtie, as reported by Munir Shemsu of Addis Fortune 4.

Where are the House's committees listed?

On the committees page of the House of Peoples' Representatives website 2.

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Sources

  1. House of Peoples' Representatives: About Us (page checked 22 October 2026)
  2. House of Peoples' Representatives: Committees of the House (page checked 22 October 2026)
  3. House of Peoples' Representatives: Government Expenditure Management and Oversight Affairs Standing Committee page (page checked 22 October 2026)
  4. Addis Fortune, as reported by Munir Shemsu: annual audit report session at the House (22 June 2024)
  5. The Reporter, as reported by Yohannes Anberbir: Auditor General to reveal report to media if parliament fails to convene (11 July 2020)

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