2020-06-22T08:23:05+00:00

DR Congo: Vital Kamerhe, President Tshisekedi’s chief of staff, found guilty for corruption

Vital Kamerhe in the Polish Senate Credit: The Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of Poland / CC BY-SA 3.0 PL (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)

Chief of staff of the Democratic Republic of Congo Vital Kamerhe was found guilty in $50 million corruption and embezzlement case. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail with forced labour. Kamerhe was also disqualified from voting and holding a public office for ten years and faces financial penalties and confiscations of various assets. Samith Jammal, one of Kamerhe's collaborators, was also jailed.

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Source: FRANCE 24

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Vital Kamerhe

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