Kinshasa, June 2nd, 2025 (CPA) – A performance contract to achieve budget forecasts for the 2025 financial year was signed on Monday by the head of the tax administration at a ceremony presided over by the provincial finance minister of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ‘This performance contract demonstrates the provincial government’s determination to make constant progress, giving our all to achieve our common goals,’ said Yvette Tembo, Kinshasa’s provincial finance minister. ‘I therefore urge you to do your utmost to fulfill the commitments you have made to meet the expectations of the urban authority, which has placed its trust in us’, she added.
‘I have approved the monitoring and evaluation indicators, which are based on precise, measurable, verifiable and applicable performance indicators, based on the effectiveness and efficiency criteria to which the Kinshasa Revenue Department (DGRK) is committed vis-à-vis the supervisory authority’, she continued. Ms Tembo also pointed out that the city’s governor had inherited a situation that had all the characteristics of a fragile Kinshasa, including difficulties with public transport, insalubrity, insecurity and the problem of mobility. She also announced that she had initiated a series of actions designed to boost revenue. ‘These actions will be discussed at a series of meetings that I will be organizing this week with all those involved in the revenue chain, starting with the DGRK, followed by the revenue-generating divisions, and finally the other stakeholders,’ she added. This contract sets out the budget forecasts to be achieved by the Kinshasa Revenue Authority (DGRK) for the 2025 financial year. It is intended to extend the budget forecasts by CDF 1,650,127,649,010, of which CDF 577,545,432,797,10 will come from tax revenues and CDF 1,072,582,216,212.92 from non-tax revenues.