DRC: the ex-director of the electricity company arrested on suspicion of corruption
Published : 28/10/2022 - 05:08
A view of the Gombe district, Kinshasa's business district, where the former head of Snel was brought to justice (illustration)AFP/FileThe former director general of the National Electricity Company (Snel) of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been in the hands of justice since Wednesday evening, October 26. With five other members of his team, they are suspected of mismanagement and embezzlement in an investigation conducted jointly by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) and the General Prosecutor's Office of Gombe: they would have established their guilt.
ADVERTISINGWith our correspondent in Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda-Muzembe
After several days of intense research, the judicial police finally got their hands on Jean-Bosco Kayombo on Wednesday evening: the former director general of SNEL was presented Thursday, October 27 to the prosecutor general of the Gombe prosecutor's office. What he is accused of, among other things, is having organized theembezzlement of public funds, according to a source of the investigation at the General Inspectorate of Finance.
Several files are concerned, including the import of electricity from Brazzaville, and the fiddling in the transfer of energy to mining companies in Lualaba. There is also mention of over-invoicing and the awarding of contracts by mutual agreement, under unclear conditions, to companies belonging to some of its employees. Falsified invoices for medical care of Snel agents and their families are also mentioned, so many files that overwhelm Jean-Bosco Kayombo.
Among his accomplices are the director of finance and transport, the director of markets and the head of the Task Force - all already under provisional arrest warrant at Makala Central Prison. Another accomplice is believed to be still at large.
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