Ministry runs out of livestock medicine

He said that his department recently approved tenders for nine citizen-owned companies and they are expecting deliveries sometime next week.

He said that they started experiencing serious shortages three weeks ago after approving the tenders. "Prior to the approval of tenders, we could purchase the supplies out-of-tender to cater for the farmers," he said. Other reports say the shortage at the Livestock Advisory Centre (LAC) has lasted more than two months and is likely to get worse. By yesterday morning, the shelves at the LAC headquarters were empty and a farmer who preferred not to be mentioned by name alleged that basic medicines have not been available for months.