President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appointed Guylain Nyembo as the new Chief of Staff of the Head of State of DR Congo.
Nyembo, a graduate of Economics from a Belgian university, replaces Vital Kamerhe who is in jail. He was formerly the deputy chief of staff in charge of economics and finance.
With this appointment, Prof Kolongele Eberande, who was the acting chief of staff, goes back to being his deputy chief of staff in charge of legal and administrative matters.
This appointment is the first step in the restructuring of President Tshisekedi’s cabinet.
Recall that Kamerhe was imprisoned last Wednesday after hours of questioning at the Kinshasa Court of Appeal.
It was gathered that the estwhile chief of staff was heard in connection with a controversy over the construction of major structures promised by the new head of state in his agenda for the first 100 days.
At the end of the interrogation, Kamerhe was taken under good escort to the penitentiary centre located in the commune of Makala, south of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Aged 61, Vital Kamerhe is the former secretary-general of the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), the political formation of former President Joseph Kabila, retired. Between 2006 and 2009, Kamerhe held the post of President of the National Assembly of the DRC.
Appointed chief of staff to the new head of state Félix Tshisekedi, he had managed the 100-day program of Félix Tshisekedi, before the establishment of a government under the new regime.