A colleague of the press, the local press, has just accused d the government of Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba on its passivity in front of the great damage and the heavy human death toll recorded since October 2019 in monsters floods and fury of the river and its tributaries.
Ilunga Ilunkamba and two of his ministers visited on Monday the Kingabwa area to feel the reality of the disasters suffered by Cité du fleuve, an upscale corner hosting most of the former deputies and ministers of the last term.
And the media to proclaim loud and clear in its columns on the indifference of the Executive facing given alerts. The minister dwelt on the sites that could have remained unbuilding. Unfortunately, we can read in these columns, we gave some Congolese the illusion of a better life and the houses were then sold for several thousand dollars to rich men of the country.
To believe the same source, now that the government has realized the obvious, the ultimate solution of this inconsistency policy sprouted from the finding that the government is now called to consider the relocation of all these populations to places respecting the urbanistic standards.
The presence of Prime Minister Ilunga has sparked a debate on informal settlements, which goes beyond any understanding. Kinshasa is one of the few capitals in the world whose image is tarnished by the weakness of state actions...
The lack of help leaves the fear of epidemics. The state took a long time never to react effectively, said a lady whose child was carried away last weekend by the torrents by the waters of the Ngwele River. Minister Pius Muabilu quoted by the newspaper L'Avenir recognized it. "This situation is created by ourselves - with climate change, if we are not careful, we risk losing whole areas".
Corneille Kinsala N’soki
(CKS/Yes)