Kinshasa, November 9th, 2026 (CPA).- A motion of no confidence against the Minister in charge of Higher Education, Universities, Scientific Research and Innovation (ESURSI) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been tabled at the National Assembly’s bureau, CPA has learnt on Monday from a parliamentary source.
“In accordance with Articles 146 and 147 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Articles 235 and 236(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, I have the honour to forward to you, as an annex to this letter, the motion of no confidence against the Minister in charge of Higher Education, Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation”, Andre Mushongo, a Member of the National Assembly has written.
When contacted by telephone by CPA, the author of the motion has declared that the document is “entirely genuine”. He reproaches several grievances against the Minister in charge of Higher Education.
Among other things, he cites the creation of private bank accounts with multiple allocation quotas. “The Minister has set up several accounts, with multiple sub-accounts for the cabinet (…) The Minister has created a sub-account for the provincial directions of the ESU, even though there is no province corresponding to each direction.
She has created this sub-account, but the funds are also deposited into her single account,” the deputy Mushongo has declared.
According to him, “the Minister has set up a single account into which all the allocations for the General Secretary, the general directions, the university boards of directors, the ISP boards of directors and the technical institute boards of directors are channeled – all into one single account. But nobody is distributing the allocations to the beneficiaries.
The beneficiaries are not receiving their allocations,” he has added. “Imagine that the allocations are intended for the provincial divisions, but they are deposited into her account, whilst the provincial divisions do not receive their funds.
The Minister has set up the account on digitisation. What does that mean? Digitisation and connectivity mean that in every institution, when the students pay their fees, there is an amount – a sum of money – earmarked for guidance and connectivity within the institutions,” he has continued. ACP/