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Twenty Years Prison for Democratic Republic of Congo President’s Chief of Staff for Embezzlement
['Jacques Bahati']
Africa Faith and Justice Network
On June 20, 2020 a Judge in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sentenced one of the country’s high level official, Mr. Kamerhe Lwa Kanyigini Vital, the President’s chief of staff to 20 years of hard labor for embezzlement and corruption. Mr. Kamerhe was convicted on embezzlement charges of a total of $50,968,648 in direct collaboration with his co-accused Mr. Jammal owner of two companies SAMIBO SARL and HUSMAL SARL which received the DRC government contract to import and build 1,500 pre-made homes destined for military and police housing in five provinces and 3,000 in the capital city Kinshasa.