PeP leader Sean Tembo has gone to the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that President Hakainde Hichilema’s appetite to continue travelling does not promote efficient and effective use of economic resources. Tembo claims that the President’s foreign trips which have totalled 49 in the past two years have gobbled about K2.8 billion, but haven’t brought any visible benefit to the nation other than provide a platform for the President to engage on a personal tour of the world. He has cited the Attorney General as respondent, seeking a declaration that the continued insistence by President Hichilema to undertake foreign trips at an extremely high rate amounts to imprudent and irresponsible use of public resources, does not promote fair and equitable...

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