A civil society movement fighting against corruption has called for a judicial investigation and prosecution after documents revealed that state owned company SCTP (Societe Congolaise des Transport et des Ports), purchased 10 passenger trains which were not suitable for Congo's railway lines. The trains were imported from China between 2013 and 2019, and was meant to provide long distance transport between the capital Kinshasa and the port city of Matadi. However they have since been parked at the central railway station in Kinahasa.
According to the civil society organisation Ligue pour lutte contre la corruption, a sum of USD 1931 17971 was disbursed by state financial entity, Redevance logistique et terrestre, to order 20 passenger railways. Ten of them were those delivered from China, while the rest never made it on Congolese shores.
Now the justice system is being called upon to go through the files of SCTP and state owned railway company, Societe nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo , which was supposed to purchase the other 10 trains.
Last year March, President Felix Tshisekedi ordered the suspension of the Director General of SCTP , Daniel Mukoko Samba, after employees at the organisation went on strike over their two months salary arrears.
In recent months, some senior officials for the company have also been summoned at the Attorney General's office, including the director of finance Jean Dibula, after allegations of massive looting surfaced on public domain. However no one is yet to be prosecuted
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