Governor Richard Muyej Mangez Mans’s headshot price

Kinshasa, Paris, Brussels.
Le Soft International n°1513 | Monday, December 28, 2020.

He seems to get along well with the President of the Republic, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. The focus of the provincial governor, Richard Muyej Mangez Mans, is easy to approach, without positioning himself as a lecturer. As a republican who respects the institutions of the Republic, he certainly claims to belong to the PPRD-FCC – and so was welcomed on Friday, December 11, by the Chairman of his party, Joseph Kabila Kabange, when he arrived in Kolwezi, after the former president had long beaten the paved road in Kinkakati to await the intensely negotiated mandate.

But the phone immediately rang with the invitation from the President of the Republic to come to the capital, and Muyez arrived immediately and took the first flight to Kinshasa. On Sunday, December 27, he still had not met the Head of State, whose political agenda and the projects of the National Sacred Alliance were busy, but Governor Lualaba wanted to take the opportunity to hold a unique meeting with the President of the Republic. The Council meeting opened in the capital on Monday, December 28.

The fact remains that he left behind the capital of Lualaba, a city nourished by all kinds of information and from which fake news originates. While the richest province of the country (copper, cobalt, cassiterite, etc.) is gaining momentum through infrastructure development that makes it a model of development, attracting the largest multinationals and banks, a thousand quarrels disturb the peace of a man who wanted to be a politician driven by the well-being of his people, not a businessman concerned with his own wallet.

“If I resigned as governor today, I would definitely not have enough money to make ends meet and feed my family,” he recently revealed to Soft International. In a letter to provincial representatives, Assistant Deputy Governor Fifi Masuka Saïni accused the current deputy governor of mismanaging public finances and claimed that there were “more than 20 bank accounts” in the province and that she would only focus on one of them, “the one we jointly manage and the latter is dedicated to ensuring the construction of the province”.

Whistleblower.
For the former MLC, who is often called a whistleblower, a major part of her numerous alarms would involve her exclusion from the administration of the province, which conjured up the image of a vehicle being driven by two people at once. No legislator would have foreseen that…

Management belongs to the incumbent, and the deputy only assists the incumbent in carrying out his tasks, acting only in a “delegated” manner. In this case, it is the holder who has the power to bind the province, not others. Governor Lualaba did not hide a certain weariness – saying he was “used to the style and the rhythm of blackmail” of the deputy governor – when he addressed the delegates in turn, arguing that “this time, she will have the courage to break away from management.

On the merits, Richard Muyez Mangeze Mans carefully recalled article 28 of Law 08/012 of July 31, 2008, on the fundamental principles of the free management of the provinces, which states that “the governor is the head of the provincial executive.” and represents the province in court and with third parties.
Then, “the deputy governor shall deputize for the interim governor in case of obstacles and carry out the tasks expressly delegated by the latter”.
Conclusion: “The provincial executive is not collegial.”

But in Lualaba, Fifi Masuka does not always have time to take it easy, she is far from being an outsider as she receives specific tasks from the incumbent, responsible for financial control, monitoring of infrastructure works, payment of suppliers and tax thanks to the province, the chairman of the mining board, provision of food to police, soldiers and security personnel, among others.

“In terms of financial resources, in addition to her salary, she also benefits from operational costs and subsequent appropriations associated with the position of Deputy Governor. As for his so-called team, the Governor recalled that the Deputy Governor does not have a cabinet separate from the Governor, but can only have a cabinet and a cabinet secretariat.

Thus, Section 30 (op. cit.) provides that the Governor shall have a Cabinet which shall not exceed ten members… Advisers shall be appointed to deal with matters falling within the jurisdiction of the Province. In other words, the number of advisers shall not exceed eight, with the exception of DirCab and DirCaba which are part of the Governor’s Cabinet, while the Deputy Governor shall have two of the eight advisers (Ms. Esther Sapato and Ms. Pascal Tshibamb), with the remainder being made up of members of Lualaba political groups and communities to ensure representation.

The Governor declared that a real lesson had been taught to a “dishonest” assistant. Especially when the Governor demanded evidence of “groundless accusations” (he allegedly kicked the Deputy Governor out of the Council of Ministers and “asked her to keep quiet”). “Given my education and experience, I cannot allow such deviations,” declared the Governor himself, saying that none of his government members remembered these events. Inventions. Nothing but inventions…

The law of series.
As is often the case with the deadly series of laws, here is a document related to the work of modernizing the infrastructure of the Kolwezi National Airport, in which the company Tetraktys is currently bringing a case to court.

The company is committed to providing the province with the necessary financing to carry out the works at Kolwezi Airport, thanks to the support of the Lualaba Provincial Ministry of Transport and the Régie des Voies Aériens for the timely completion of this infrastructure, ensuring that the province will only have to pay for the estimated US$ 1.6 million in studies. The Lualaba Governor’s office said that if these funds were paid, no work would ensue to modernize the airport, except for “excavating a section as an extension of the runway”.

“Given the concerns of the provincial government about the progress of the work and in accordance with the recommendations contained in the minutes of the provincial government-Rva-Tetraktys tripartite meeting on July 25, 2019, Rva must launch a mission to understand the true status of the work. From the report of this mission, it seems that the work has not progressed.

Prior to this task, the RVA had sent a letter to Tetraktys, via letter RVA/DG/CGPMP/1756/2019 dated 10 September 2019, requesting it to backfill the excavated section with a length of 500 m and a section 60 m wide and 1.5 m deep, intended as an extension of the track, which could become a source of erosion due to bad weather if the work was not completed before the rainy season.

Even after this assignment, the company did not take any action, although it requested the removal of certain parts from the initial contract, which led to the implementation of the relevant amendments. The company’s inability to pre-finance and complete the planned work within the deadlines forced the RVA to take the necessary decisions in order not to hinder the momentum of the modernization of the airport infrastructure.

Therefore, after the termination of the contract, it is planned to set up a joint RVA/Tetraktys/provincial government committee to make a contradictory assessment of the work actually carried out by the company and draw consequences. Go to court to sue the Lualaba Province, because the latter never signed a contract with the company, but it was through the Republic of the RVA, which tried to amuse the gallery.

All those who support this company – follow my gaze – will go away in shame. So let justice take its course, which is the rule of law, and not the slanderous denunciations and accusations that the province has experienced in recent days. “You too, my son! Julius Caesar shouted!”
Has the head of government made an offer? Then come on!
D. Dadai.