THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning yesterday failed to produce documentary evidence proving that Nyiombo Investments Limited was liquidated, after the company was erroneously paid over $3.6 million for a fertilizer procurement contract. And the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has instructed the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), the Ministry of Agriculture and all officers involved in the transaction to appear before the committee to explain what transpired. The latest Auditor General’s Report revealed that the Ministry of Agriculture erroneously paid funds to Nyiombo Investments Limited, a company which was later liquidated, resulting in a loss of $3,659,192.39 to the Treasury. The report detailed that in 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture engaged Nyiombo Investments on a long-standing fertilizer procurement contract worth...

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