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Alleged embezzlement of public funds in the Senate: the Minister of State in charge of Justice instructs the Police and the IGF to launch a judicial investigation!
After a few days of silence, the Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Constant Mutamba, has finally reacted to the "financial scandal which would weigh on certain members of the former Senate Office".
Indeed, in a press release dated Saturday July 6, 2024, the office of the head of Congolese Justice informs that the latter “has just instructed the Inspector General of the Judicial Police of Prosecutors to urgently launch a judicial investigation, with the assistance of the IGF (General Inspectorate of Finance), in order to enlighten the population and establish, where applicable, the responsibilities of each party."
In another press release dated the same day and still signed by his office, Constant Mutamba suspended the debit movements of the bank account of FRIVAO (Special Fund for Distribution of Compensation to Victims of Illicit Activities of Uganda) opened in the books of RawBank, pending the final report of the audit carried out by the General Inspectorate of Finance on the activities of the said Fund.
Just before Constant Mutamba's intervention, the ACAJ (Congolese Association for Access to Justice) unreservedly denounced the silence of the Congolese justice system following serious suspicions of misappropriation of public funds weighing on the former Office of the Senate.
They recommended to the Court of Auditors to seriously investigate the facts attributed to the members of the provisional Bureau headed by President Pascal Kinduelo, as well as to the former definitive Bureau, which was headed by Modeste Bahati Lukwebo; and already take precautionary measures, in particular prescribing a ban on leaving the national territory and freezing the accounts of people suspected of being involved in the commission of said acts.
After a few days of silence, the Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Constant Mutamba, has finally reacted to the "financial scandal which would weigh on certain members of the former Senate Office".
Indeed, in a press release dated Saturday July 6, 2024, the office of the head of Congolese Justice informs that the latter “has just instructed the Inspector General of the Judicial Police of Prosecutors to urgently launch a judicial investigation, with the assistance of the IGF (General Inspectorate of Finance), in order to enlighten the population and establish, where applicable, the responsibilities of each party."
In another press release dated the same day and still signed by his office, Constant Mutamba suspended the debit movements of the bank account of FRIVAO (Special Fund for Distribution of Compensation to Victims of Illicit Activities of Uganda) opened in the books of RawBank, pending the final report of the audit carried out by the General Inspectorate of Finance on the activities of the said Fund.
Just before Constant Mutamba's intervention, the ACAJ (Congolese Association for Access to Justice) unreservedly denounced the silence of the Congolese justice system following serious suspicions of misappropriation of public funds weighing on the former Office of the Senate.
They recommended to the Court of Auditors to seriously investigate the facts attributed to the members of the provisional Bureau headed by President Pascal Kinduelo, as well as to the former definitive Bureau, which was headed by Modeste Bahati Lukwebo; and already take precautionary measures, in particular prescribing a ban on leaving the national territory and freezing the accounts of people suspected of being involved in the commission of said acts.
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