Kinshasa: the mobilisation recommended to ensure the success of the ‘mandatory Salongo’ sanitation works

Kinshasa, December 8^th, 2025 (CPA).- The mobilisation has been recommendedon Monday, to neighbourhood leaders in the municipality of N’sele, in eastern Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, to ensure the success of the ‘mandatory Salongo’ sanitation works, according to administrative source. ‘I call on the neighbourhood leaders to mobilise their local committees and the population to ensure the success of the weekly sanitation work known as “mandatory Salongo”. We must respect the measure taken by the urban authority,’ has declared Franck Mbo, burgomaster of the municipality of N’sele. Mr Mbo has taken this opportunity to ask his constituents to carry out the ‘mandatory Salongo’ every Saturday before starting any activity. « We are asking our population to carry out a “mandatory Salongo” every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. before starting any activity. Salongo is not an option but rather a civic duty; no businesses should open before the sanitation work is completed, » he has suggested. He has specified that all commercial activity is prohibited before 10:30 a.m. in accordance with the instructions of the governor of the city of Kinshasa, Daniel Bumba. According to him, this measure, this is part of the ‘Kinshasa ezo bonga’ operation, aims to clean up the environment and combat chronic unsanitary conditions in the various neighbourhoods of N’sele. ‘N’sele is a tourist municipality, we must keep it clean because we receive visitors at all times,’ the municipal authority has said.