By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorA pharmaceutical company has gone to court to defend a government tender award worth USD10 million for HIV/AIDs antiretroviral drugs, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Simba Pharmaceuticals Limited on Tuesday sued the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board, the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) and Questa Care limited. Questa had challenged the award to Simba claiming that they had been wrongfully denied the tender yet it is a local manufacturer of antiretroviral medicines. Through lawyer Waweru Gatonye, Simba has faulted the Review board of failing to consider the constitutional requirement of promoting local industries and instead gave undue consideration to the technical term of manufacturer. The company now wants the decision by the review board to cancel its award quashed and that Kemsa be stopped from carrying out re-evaluation of the two firms’ financial bids.

Source: Daily Nation April 18, 2017 19:18 UTC