THE Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) says it has taken keen interest in the use of school feeding programme funds following public concerns over misuse. ZPPA has also disclosed that about 18,994 tenders were published on the e-GP system by 533 procuring entities nationwide in the first quarter of 2026. Speaking during a press briefing, Wednesday, when asked whether the authority had taken interest in the school feeding programme, ZPPA Director-General Gloria Ngoma said they were monitoring how the programme was being conducted. “Do we leave this to the Ministry of Education alone? There are two issues here, the implementation is by the Ministry of Education. ZPPA decentralised the public procurement process to the extent that all procurement entities are...