“1. The Attorney General should as a matter of urgency cause
the review of the prices of drugs purchased under the
Memorandum of Understanding with a view to ensuring that
drugs purchased from CIPLA Ltd are purchased at prices not
higher than International prices, and drugs purchased from
QCIL are not more that 15% higher than CIPLA International
prices;
2. The Government of Uganda and QCIL should review the
need for further importation of drugs as the QCIL plant in
Uganda has already been commissioned; and
3. The Government of Uganda should consider recovery of
the payments made above the 15% mark-up for drugs
purchased from QCIL and payments for drugs purchased
from CIPLA at prices above CIPLA International prices which
amounted to USD17,826,038.94 for drugs procured between
December
2009
and
October
2010,
and
subsequent
procurements which have not been calculated under this
investigation” (see Amended Statement of Reference pp. 49-50).
49. It is the Applicant’s further submission that, upon receipt of a copy of
the IGG report and recommendations, the Attorney General instead
of implementing the latter went ahead to criticize it on various dates:Firstly, on 12th April, 2012, the Attorney General wrote to the
Inspector General of Government complaining about the
content of the report and specifically saying that QCIL did not
take advantage of the statutory 15% local content advantage.
The Attorney General added that the Whistle-blower, Mr.
Godfrey Magezi, being a representative of M/S Ajanta
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