EASTERN Province Minister Peter Phiri says 10 more people have been arrested for theft of fertiliser in Eastern Province. On Monday, police arrested 12 people in Petauke, including a camp officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and a teacher under the Ministry of Education, for theft of fertiliser under the FISP programme. In an interview, Phiri said theft of fertiliser had been happening even in the previous administration. “Actually, this thing has been happening especially in the previous government. Some of these workers, the CAC officers, the camp officers and different individuals in the Ministry of Agriculture, in the Ministry of Community Development it has been their trend. So now with the coming of the new dawn government, you know...

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