One of the bidders in the supply and delivery of fertilizer for the year 2012 to 2013 farming session has cited corruption in the awarding of the tender to Nyiombo investment.
Neria’s Investment Limited has since filed for judicial review of government’s move to award the tender to Nyiombo investment amid an appeal it has lodged before the Zambia Public Procurement Authority.
In an affidavit filed in the Lusaka High Court, Neria’s investment claims the move by Agriculture Minister, Emmanuel Chenda, to announce the awarding of the contract to Nyiombo investment before the Zambia Public Procurement Authority could resolve its appeal, is illegal and in contravention of section 70 4 of the ZPPA act.
The company has cited the issuance of a certificate of registration to Nyiombo investment by the Citizen’s Economic Empowerment Commission-CEEC- on May 17 2012 as one irregularity adding that this was done after submission of bids was closed. Submission of bids was closed on April 29 2012.
Neria’s investment claims that on August 10 2012 it appealed against the awarding of the tender to Nyiombo investments but that Mr. Chenda went ahead and announced that the contract was finalized.
The Lusaka high court has since stayed the contract pending final determination of the judicial review.
In a tender to Nyiombo Investments and Omnia Small Scale Limited the two companies are to supply and deliver over 100 metric tonnes of fertiliser worth over 128 million US Dollars under the Farmer Input Support Programme-FISP- for the 2012/2013 farming season.
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development Emmanuel Chenda has since announced that Nyiombo Investments was engaged to supply and deliver over 40 thousand metric tonnes of D Compound and more than 50 thousand metric tonnes of Urea at a contract value of over 80 million dollars.
MUVI TV
This kind of high corruption  should come to an end. Viva Neira. atleast one company has balls to call a spade a spade
True we all know that nyombo is a corrupt company!Â
What does Wynter Kabimba say about Neira? Can someone ask him?
PF = corruption. Look at how they intimidated all Zambians that there would be war if they did not win, see how they have openly rewarded the POST for their campaigning for them. PF rigged the elections by telling lies such as the Barotse issue only to do nothing. No truth can be found in these endemic liars, thieves who have invaded the Zambian treasury giving themselves increments every month. It hurts to see these sinners in charge of our country these devils like Kabimba, Sata, Chikwanda, GBM, Bob name the whole bunch of *****s. God save usÂ
Someone should be specific when you say over 100 metric tonnes of fertiliser @ $128m what fertiliser is this? Â From what I know that amount of money would buy thousands of tonnes, Clearly someone is making a big cut out of this. Eg from my source FOB Urea is USD420/MT, Ammnium nitrate USD660 etc. In a nut shell I’m wondering how government spends so much money for the quantities mentioned? This definitely needs a judicial review. Even the most expensive sodium Molybdate for 1000MT would cost USD14.5m
The post is covering up all PF lies. George chellah, whatever his position is at state house was a post reporter. He worked with membe. And now now membes loan from DBS has suddenly died. And the post has been reporting negatively against the opposition. Who did they report against a few months ago? The party in power and all of a sudden the party in power is doing the right things. How ironic!Â
Wait a second, didnt they say they will recapitalize ncz, with a few $$. What if that money intended to purchase fert  from the suppliers is pumped into ncz to operate at a certain level of capacity? Does that make sence oe not?Â
When need this fertilizer now…please stop the injunction or we all starve to death!