Bandundu, December 22nd, 2025 (CPA) – Funding for the development of the Provincial Sanitation Plan (PPA) was recommended on Monday to the relevant authorities by the head of the Provincial Ministry of the Environment in Kwilu, in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, during an interview. ‘This PPA aims to ensure a healthy environment, protect public health by preventing water- and waste-related diseases, and promote sustainable development through structured wastewater and solid waste management,’ said Junior Mupepe, Minister in charge of the Environment in Kwilu. ‘The province of Kwilu has a serious sanitation problem, especially in its two cities (Bandundu and Kikwit), and needs a PPA,’ he added. ‘The construction of public toilets and the installation of public bins to be used as disposal sites for liquid and solid waste are among the major actions planned in the PPA,’ Mr Mupepe noted.
He launched an SOS appeal to sectoral partners and the central government for funding for the PPA, with a view to providing a healthy environment for the inhabitants of this province, before inviting his constituents to faithfully implement the weekly program known as ‘Saturday Salongo’. ACP/