{
  "id": 11204394,
  "title": "Appeals court cuts more than Sh704 million health ministry chemicals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/appeals-court-cuts-more-than-sh704-million-health-ministry-chemicals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:50:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/appeals-court-cuts-more-than-sh704-million-health-ministry-chemicals/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Court of Appeal has reduced a Sh704 million award against the government in a decades-old dispute over anti-malaria chemicals and equipment supplied to the Ministry of Health. Despite upholding an award of Sh1.157 billion to Equip Agencies Limited for goods delivered in the 1990s, the higher court overturned an order requiring the government to pay 18% compound interest annually. This interest component, which had amassed over time, was removed due to Equip Agencies' failure to prove or plead its entitlement to it.",
  "summary": "The Court of Appeal has cut more than Sh704 million from an award against the government in a nearly three-decade-old dispute over the supply of anti-malaria chemicals and equipment to the Ministry of Health. The appellate court upheld a Sh1.157 billion award to Equip Agencies Limited for goods supplied to the government in the 1990s, [...] The post Appeals court cuts more than Sh704 million…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}