HONEYBEE Pharmacy Limited has recommenced its suit against the Attorney General in the Lusaka High Court, demanding damages for breach of contract and an order for payment of US$4,998,375 for the 5000 health center kits supplied to the Ministry of Health. Honeybee is also seeking an order for payment of US$17,985,150, being monies expected from contract number MOH\SP\032\19-02, an order that the defendant accepts the remainder of the health kits, interest on all sums, among other claims. Honeybee has disclosed that the state acknowledged that although it alleges that the Contract was allegedly illegal due to its perceived irregularities, they would pay on the doctrine of Quantum Meruit (“the amount one deserves” or “as much as one has earned”). In...

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