Kinshasa, July 3rd, 2021 (CPA).- The President of the Republic, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, accompanied by his wife, Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi, paid the last tributes, Friday at the Palais de justice in Kinshasa, to Gaston Kabwe Kabwa, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Special Advisor to the Head of State in charge of security, who died on June 24 in South Africa, following an illness.
The presidential couple laid a wreath of flowers in front of the remains of the illustrious disappeared, before comforting the widow, children and members of the grieving family.
The presidents of the Senate, Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, of the National Assembly, Christophe Mboso Nkodia, and the Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge, took part in this funeral ceremony.
They all laid their wreaths of flowers in front of the remains of Prof Gaston Kabwa Kabwe. Family members, politico-administrative and military authorities, lawyers, professors and other agents of the National Security Council (CNS) marked the funeral with their presence.
The delegation from Congo / Brazzaville was led by Jean-Dominique Okemba, Special Security Advisor to President Dénis Sassou Nguesso.
In his double capacity as university professor and lawyer, the illustrious disappeared was entitled to an academic session and a solemn and public hearing of the Kinshasa / Gombe Court of Appeal followed by the words of the service of the Special Advisor of the Head of State in charge of security, funeral oration and exoneration.
In testimonies, Dr Kabwa, older brother of the disappeared, spoke of a younger member of the family who had excelled in a faultless course. For Me Francis Lubunda, who spoke on behalf of lawyers, Me Kabwa left this world while a bright future opened up before him.
He marked his life with a team spirit, conciliation, promptness and availability to serve others, « a true altruist », he underlined.
For her part, Ms. Ngomba Tshilumbayi, who testified on behalf of the Association of Professors of the University of Kinshasa (APUKIN), the deceased had shown remarkable intelligence since he was a student.
He was a negotiator and still head of his promotion.He was a negotiator and still head of his promotion. After the funeral, the funeral procession headed for the Necropolis between Earth and Sky for the burial of the illustrious deceased. ACP/NIG