THE National Assembly has been shocked to learn that government incurred a penalty sum of $52 million on the advance payment of a $73 million contract which the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) signed with Advanced African Solutions (ADAS). The House has also learnt that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) failed to comply with the Public Procurement Act when giving out procurement contracts in excess of $26 million. Presenting the findings of the Committee on Parastatal Bodies on Tuesday, Committee chairperson Brain Kambita told the House that his Committee had probed 23 entities that were cited in the report of the Auditor General. Kambita, who was moving a motion for the House to adopt his Committee’s report for the financial year...