The former director general of the National Electricity Company (Snel) of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been in the hands of justice since Wednesday evening, October 26. With five other members of his team, they are suspected of mismanagement and embezzlement in an investigation conducted jointly by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) and the General Prosecutor’s Office of Gombe: they would have established their guilt.
With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda-Muzembe
After several days of intense research, the judicial police finally got hold of Jean-Bosco Kayombo on Wednesday evening: the former director general of SNEL was presented Thursday, October 27 to the general prosecutor of the Gombe prosecution. He is accused, among other things, of having organized the embezzlement of public fundsaccording to a source of the investigation at the General Inspectorate of Finance.
Several issues are involved, including the import of electricity from Brazzaville, and the tampering with the transfer of energy to mining companies in Lualaba. There is also talk of over-invoicing and the awarding of over-the-counter contracts, under unclear conditions, to companies belonging to some of its employees. Also mentioned are falsified invoices for medical care of Snel agents and their families, so many files that overwhelm Jean-Bosco Kayombo.
Among his accomplices, we cite the financial director and that of transport, the director of markets and the head of the Task Force – all already under provisional arrest warrant at the central prison of Makala. Another accomplice is still on the run.
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