The access of the Kinshasa to the water of the Regideso which is at the heart of the concerns is a question now resolved. For the moment, obstacles to drinking water no longer lead to crumbling, according to sources close to this company.

This company received assurances from the Head of State on the clearance of part of the consumption invoices from the country's institutions. The Director General of Régideso who gathered the trade unions on Sunday, the President of the Republic gave unequivocal instructions to the Minister of Finance to resolve this matter in emergency way.

In execution of the decision of the Head of State, the Government undertakes to pay more than US 5 million of the bills for water consumption by the institutions, the managing of Régideso reassured yesterday.

This cry of distress was without call. The Regideso accused certain State services to be in the row of large insolvents. For the Water Distribution Board, the Congolese State was indebted to Regideso for its unpaid water consumption bills.

On Top Congo FM, Alain Senenge explains that “we no longer have water treatment inputs. Our machines break down overnight. For the very first time, REGIDESO workers will total 3 months without being paid".

Alain Senenge recalls that "the Head of State had instructed the government to pay the water consumption bill up to $ 5.140 million". It turns out that the state and its public institutions are at the forefront of the insolvent that the Régideso should bring to justice. These are certified invoices, approved and validated, reliable sources note.

As a reminder, at a certain period, the water consumption bills of public institutions were taken care of by the African Development Bank (AfDB), in the hope that the Congolese State would take the opportunity to redress its finances and then pay its invoices.

In practice, the m3 of water in DR Congo now costs as much as in Senegal or Burkina-Faso, states with rather limited water resources due to the influence of the Sahelian climate. Sources say the rate of access to water in the capital is around 35 percent, 18 percent in Matadi and 22 percent in Lubumbashi.

Corneille kinsala N’soki

(CKS/PKF)