Felix Tshisekedi, Head of State
Kinshasa, July 30th, 2026 (CPA). – The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), FelixTshisekedi, has inaugurated on Thursday, during a ceremony, a modern hospital named ‘Maman Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi’, built on the Kaniama-Kasese agro-pastoral site, in the Haut-Lomami territory of the province, in the south-east of the country. “Today, it is the Mama Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi Hospital – a hospital equipped with a new generation of medical equipment – that you are about to visit and inaugurate shortly,” has declared Lieutenant-General Kasongo Kabwik, Commander of the National Service, before providing details of the medical facility. “The Mama Denis Nyakeru Tshisekedi Hospital has a capacity of six wards with 62 beds. The departments to be established are as follows: outpatient consultations, pharmacy, medical emergencies, intensive care, surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, paediatrics, laboratory, medical imaging with ultrasound, X-ray and CT scan facilities, as well as specialist departments,” he has explained. The Commander of the National Service has taken the opportunity to express his gratitude to the Government, which, under the leadership of the President of the Republic, has worked hard to revitalise and transform this site, which had been neglected for nearly 20 years.“When we arrived in Kaniama-Kasese chiefly in October 2018 to try to launch the 2018–2019 agricultural campaign, there was nothing but bush land here. The National Service had been at a standstill for more than 20 years. And yet, it was only through divine providence that the National Service has today become a flagship for development in DRC. That divine providence is you, Your Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State,” he has specified. According to him, this medical facility marks the fulfilment of the Head of State’s promise to build a modern hospital for the Laurent-Desire Kabila Pilot Centre. “You had taken the decision and promised to provide the Laurent-Desire Kabila Pilot Centre with a hospital worthy of the name. You did not hesitate for a single moment to provide substantial resources for the construction of this modern hospital. As soon as construction was completed, a providential hand was joined in the work. It is this providential hand that has equipped this hospital with everything you have provided,” he has acknowledged. Following the inauguration, the Head of State has begun a tour of the various wards of the hospital complex and the different facilities at the Kaniama-Kasese agro-pastoral site. In particular, he has visited the warehouses and the agricultural and cattle-rearing centres, whilst receiving explanations from the commander of the National Service. In addition to the hospital complex, the agro-pastoral site also features a new residential development called ‘Mandala City’, which comprises villas equipped with 72 bedrooms, a large conference hall, a swimming pool, a tennis court, a basketball court, a gym, and so on. The Head of State is accompanied by several senior officials from the country’s institutions, notably the Speakers of the National Assembly and the Senate, as well as the Prime Minister.