DR Congo Govt Surprises With Cabinet Reshuffle Months Before Polls allafrica: DRC
, accusing them of supporting the rebels of the M23 who occupied large swaths of the province of North Kivu since 2022.
Another official staging a comeback is Vital Kamerhe, former chief of staff for President Tshisekedi. In 2020 he was sentenced to 20 years in jail for embezzlement, but was acquitted on appeal in 2022. Kamerhe is now in charge of the economy and also a deputy prime minister - one of five deputy prime ministers.
A reshuffle was imminent for three months, after the resignation at the end of December of three ministers who are associated with businessman who has made public his intention to run against the ruling coalition in the next presidential elections.
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