Kinshasa, May 7th, 2025 (CPA) – The forthcoming adoption by the National Assembly of the draft law on ‘Police Programming’ will strengthen the security system of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior and Security, during an exchange on Wednesday with national elected representatives. ‘Jacquemain Shabani, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Homeland and Security, said: ‘The forthcoming adoption by the National Assembly of the draft law on police programming will strengthen the Congolese security system in the long term’. During this meeting with the national deputies of the Kwango, Tshuapa, Haut-Lomami and Kwango provinces, the two parties discussed the security and administrative challenges facing their respective entities. To this end, the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Homeland promised logistical support to improve the mobility of services and police operations in the province of Tshuapa, with the forthcoming provision of riot buses for the police and vehicles for territorial administrators.
In addition, Jacquemain Shabani announced the forthcoming organization of a ‘Peace Forum’, bringing together the key players in Haut-Lamami province, following the denunciation by MPs of actions deemed illegal by the administrator of the Bukama territory, who is accused of collecting taxes outside his remit. There are also recurring tensions between certain traditional chiefs. As for the deputies from Ituri province, they have obtained a promise that a peace forum, which has already borne fruit in Tshopo province, will soon be organized to find a lasting solution to customary conflicts and disputes over administrative boundaries. The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Homeland also announced that a process is underway to strengthen security capacities in the province of Kwango, in the south-west of the DRC, following concerns raised by the elected representatives of the people, in particular the glaring lack of manpower in the ranks of the national police force, as well as conflicts linked to the bipolarization of the chiefs of the groupings.ACP/