LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says his Ministry is awaiting advice from the Attorney General’s office on the next course of action regarding road contractors who were paid but did not perform. When asked by Chitambo PF member of parliament Remember Mutale in Parliament, Tuesday, why government was not invoking what was stipulated in the contracts for contractors who didn’t do their works despite being paid, Nkombo said the government was being methodical. “We are very methodical and we know the names behind these contracts and sooner rather than later, once we get the requisite advice from the government lawyers, the Attorney General’s office, you will see the invocation of the clauses of those contracts for those...

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