AN arresting officer has told the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court that the Ministry of Agriculture did not sign a contract, allowing Food Agents of Zambia to supply 690 tonnes of fertilizer. Steve Chongo, 48, also told the court that at no time did the Ministry of Justice issue nor did the Attorney General sign a contract of agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Agents of Zambia. This is in a matter where a Lusaka businessman, Hendricks Nyambe, 53, is charged with the offence of forgery, uttering false documents, and obtaining 690 metric tonnes of fertilizer by false pretence. In count one, Nyambe is charged with the offence of Forgery contrary to Sections 347 and 342 of the Penal Code,...




