By OLIVER SAMBOKOMORE than K3 million public funds have been lost through failure by the Ministry of Livestock to use insecticide for the control of Tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis in Rufunsa, Luano and Nyimba, the 2019 Auditor-General’s report has revealed.The audit report said 90, 000 litres of insecticide valued at K3, 278, 124, delivered in October 2017 had expired making the expenditure wasteful.“On July 27, 2017, the ministry engaged a joint venture of Share Mix Limited and Avima Pty Limited of South Africa to supply and deliver 425, 489 litres of Deltamethrin ULV Insecticide at a contract sum of K14, 420, 627 with a delivery period of two weeks,” read part of the report.The report also said the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock failed without any reasonable justification to utilise insecticides to control tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis in livestock and humans in the three districts.It also disclosed that the suppliers of the chemicals were also […]
K3m wasted in unused insecticide
