PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his government has started the process of selling the Gulfstream G650 presidential jet in order to recover the US$193 million which was spent on it. And President Hichilema says everyone is accountable to someone, which is why Zambians can remove UPND from power during the next election if it doesn’t perform well. Officiating at the 2022 judicial conference in Livingstone yesterday, President Hichilema said government would sell the Gulfstream and use the money to buy a cheaper plane. He added that the rest of the money would be channeled towards putting up some border posts. “If the President doesn’t want to ride in the latest Gulfstream 650 which costed taxpayers US$193 million, the Judiciary as citizens...

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