MINISTRY of Agriculture officials were yesterday quizzed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for single sourcing on a two-year running contract to supply fertiliser to Southern Province when the company did not meet the conditions advanced by the ministry to obtain the no objection to direct bid.The officials were also quizzed on why they have been contracting the same companies to supply fertiliser under FISP since 2016.PAC also lambasted the public officials for causing the State to lose K4, 480, 000 when 2, 240 farmers redeemed packs more than once in the 2020/2021 farming season.The ministry’s director for Agribusiness, Mr John Mulongoti, who is the coordinator for FISP had a hard time explaining the anomalies.Speaking when the team from the ministry appeared before PAC to answer to irregularities cited in the 2020 Auditor General’s report, a member of the committee, Mr Likando Mufalali questioned why Alpha Commodities was single sourced when the Zambia Public Procurement […]
Agro officials quizzed over Alpha Commodities
