Referring to the letter from April 15, 2024, from the Steering Committee of Bana Kin Asbl, the Minister of Culture, Arts, and Heritage addressed a referenced letter in which she requests, as a matter of urgency, a sum of money for the organization of the commemorative activities for the death of Papa Wemba scheduled for April 24, 2024. A request that was widely commented on social media over the weekend.
"Why must this request be made through an emergency procedure as if the date were improvised? And yet it's a date known to all," wonders a Congolese internet user. Faced with the multiple urgencies the country is dealing with, others consider such a commemoration inappropriate, necessitating the disbursement of a significant sum of money, fearing that this money could be diverted.
For a government that has been in place for more than 2 years, this could have been planned well in advance. While the national executive is resigning and managing current affairs, seeing such a request for funds comes off as an intention to empty the state's coffers at the last minute before giving way to the new ministers.
Osée Yandi, Intern
8th Anniversary of Papa Wemba's Passing: A Fundraising Request for the Commemoration Raises Questions
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KinshasaCulture-en - In an emergency procedure, the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Catherine Katungu Furaha, has requested from the Congolese government a disbursement of $109,000 to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the death of the musician artist Papa Wemba. For a commemoration that was known in advance, some Congolese are questioning the nature of this urgent request for funds.