PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he has not backed off from the idea of selling the Gulfstream G650 presidential jet because he is a consistent man. He says his position has not changed on this matter and hopes that Zambians can understand when they see the figures that were involved. We will wait for the figures, but regardless of the amounts involved, selling the plane is not the right thing for him to do. Let’s assume that the presidential jet’s market value was US$70 million with all the necessary installations, but the Treasury paid US$135 million, the problem is not the US$70 million, but the US$65 million which is the excess amount. That is the money that was stolen and the...

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