PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the fact that the debt restructuring process was slow led to slippages on some of the gains which the new dawn government made after assuming office. And President Hichilema says PF borrowed the country into bankruptcy. Speaking when outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Zambia Kyle Nunas paid a courtesy call on him at State House, Tuesday, President Hichilema things in the country would have been much better if debt was resolved quicker. “The challenge we found was that it was taking too long. The expectation that we thought it would be quicker wasn’t fully met and I have been public about this matter. The speed [was] slow, complexities, yes, but we could have done better. Because...

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