According to the Ministry of Budget, the Democratic Republic of Congo has already spent almost 70% of the budget it had allocated for salaries of staff members working in the Presidency, for the year 2020.
Government had set aside USD54,9 million as part of the remuneration cost for the office of the Head of State, however by the end of May 2020 about USD37 million had already been used. This is USD14 million more than what was initially planned to be disbursed for the same period
One of the main reasons given for the amount escalation was that the Presidency had hired an additional 294 staff members, after the budget was allocated. According to the Directorate of Budget Policy and Programmes in the Ministry of Budget, this forced government to spend an additional amount of around USD700 000 per month, on the new staff alone.
The other reason was the exchange rate volitality which had seen the Congolese Franc depreciating significantly against the United State Dollar . The Congolese government continues to rely on the American currency when formulating budgets for various instutions.
Before the appointment of the 294 agents, the Office of the President had 6758 employees spread across 22 instutions, all reporting to the Head of State.
Lately there have been calls on government to reduce the lifestyle costs of senior civil servantst, however this seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
Last week the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jeanine Mabunda, had written to the Prime Minister to consider an increase of USD2000 on the salaries of each member of Parliament .
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