Folks,

The furor is apparently not over just yet.  Another Minister has decided
to declare the statement of his colleague as nonsense and proceeded to
threaten to face the King with the fact that Parliament has said NO to the
purchase and that should be the end of the story.

The donors determined to share the international spotlight with the King
and his subjects have weighed in on where it matters most and have
subsequently issued threats to withhold development assistance should the
King proceed with the purchase of the jet; the cost of which represents
twice the size of the entire Annual Health budget of the Kingdom of
Swaziland.

Sidi Sanneh

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