Nairobi, July 23 -- The Court of Appeal has struck out an appeal by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) challenging a High Court decision that quashed the award of a Sh362 million tender for supply and maintenance of 15 forklift trucks.

The court rejected the procurement dispute after finding the appeal was filed one day late, leaving the High Court decision intact. The court reaffirmed that statutory timelines in procurement cases cannot be extended under ordinary appellate procedures.

The court ruled that the authority and its accounting officer failed to invoke the court's jurisdiction within the mandatory seven-day period prescribed under the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act.

The appeal arose from a procurement dispute involvi...