Malanji choppers to go to ZAF!The two helicopters that were seized from former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the PF administration Joseph Malanji will be donated to the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) once all the processes are done, President Hakainde Hichilema has said.
Last month, the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court jailed Mr Malanji for possession of properties deemed to be proceeds of crime.
Among the properties include two helicopters, three luxury houses and US$215,000 cash.
After the conviction, the State applied to have the properties forfeited.
President Hichilema said where there is hunger, the helicopters will be used to deliver maize and food to citizens.
“The money we got from that one who put the money in the presidential plane, I ask myself, who gave this individual the presidential jet to be used? Isn’t the presidential jet controlled by one person? Now, who gave him?” he wondered.
The head of State said he had to engage fellow heads of State to have the helicopters brought back from the two countries where they were taken.
He wondered why the helicopters were taken outside Zambia if they were genuinely acquired.
-Zambia Daily Mail