A great article exposing the corruption of Lisette Kabanga of Cominere. This is generating a lot of heat from the DRC people.
Translated AVZ/ZIJIN file: Lisette Kabanga Tshibwabwa must return the US$1.612 million to the treasury
COMINIERE had curiously and mysteriously used the services of Madame Lisette Kabanga Tshibwabwa, then head of the office of President Félix Tshisekedi's special advisor on security, Mr. Jean-Claude Bukasa, on the one hand, and head of the lobbying company Focus Plea, created in 2020., on the other hand
Through its business contacts for the establishment of partnership, extension of operations and increase of its income, COMINIERE had curiously and mysteriously used the services of Madame Lisette Kabanga Tshibwabwa, then head of the office of the special advisor to President Félix Tshisekedi in security matters, Mr. Jean-Claude Bukasa, on the one hand, and head of the lobbying company Focus Plaidoirie, created in 2020., on the other hand.
Mrs. Lisette Kabanga Tshibwabwa had pocketed, in commission and fees, 1.672 million representing 5% of US$ 33.440 million of the proceeds from the sale of 15% of COMINIÈRE's shares in DATHCOM
Under the false pretext of having “presented” the Chinese group ZIJIN to COMINIERE and the Congolese State through the Ministries of Mines and Portfolio, since all the aforementioned actors were already in contact with the management staff of ZIJIN in other projects, Madame Lisette Kabanga Tshibwabwa had pocketed, in commission and fees, 1.672 million representing 5% of US$ 33.440 million of the proceeds from the sale of 15% of COMINIÈRE's shares in DATHCOM.
In light of the above, taking into account the official functions exercised by Mrs. Lisette Kabanga Tshibwabwa at the time of these transactions or operations of selling off collective assets and her incompetence in mining matters, in view of her very limited curriculum vitae (without title precise school), there are undoubtedly serious breaches of public affairs practices, in particular conflict of interest, influence peddling, abuse of office, intentional violation of universal standards in matters of lobbying in DR Congo, in Africa and across the world as well as the trampling of the rules of transparency in transactions/operations relating to mining affairs, in particular the legal provisions on transparency measures in the extractive sector.
Canada, the United States of America as well as the member countries of the African Union and the European Union, without forgetting the non-governmental organization “Transparency International” must cooperate more to identify, index and sanction population starvers poor and miserable, the corrupters and the corrupt
Indeed, the fact of pocketing the US$1.672 million illegally, unduly, without title or quality, Mrs. Lisette Kabanga Tshibwabwa is guilty of financial embezzlement and is potentially indictable for money laundering.
Subscribing to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the fight against corruption, money laundering and ethics in public affairs, Canada, the United States of America and countries members of the African Union and the European Union, without forgetting the non-governmental organization “Transparency International” must cooperate more to identify, index and sanction the starvers of poor and miserable populations, the corrupters and the corrupt.
Civil society organizations from DR Congo and the rest of the world will take responsibility for reporting all cases of corruption and financial embezzlement to international authorities for sanctions commensurate with the abuses and offenses committed.
Ultimately, in the event that the general inspectorate of finances of the DR Congo experiences difficulty in clearly indexing such delinquency for appropriate legal action, civil society organizations in the DR Congo and the rest of the world will take responsibility for all cases of corruption and financial embezzlement to international authorities for sanctions commensurate with the abuses and offenses committed.
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