- In January, Zambian first lady, Esther Lungu travelled to the US, in what has been described as a collaboration between Zambia’s Fire and Rescue Service and the LA fire department to collect four fire trucks.
- Two of the trucks are 1985 models, a third one is a 1995 model and the other one a 1996 model.
- The first lady’s entourage included 25 people in all including a bedroom attendant, cook, cleaner, waiter, seven police officers, three secretaries, two fire brigade officers, a communications officer and an accountant.
Zambian first lady, Esther Lungu, took an entourage of 25 people including a bedroom attendant, a cook, cleaner, waiter and three secretaries, among a dozen others, to the United States to collect four old fire trucks, raking in millions of dollars in expenses.