Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda
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Symphorien Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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In October 2008 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense in the first Adolphe Muzito cabinet
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Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda is a licensed lawyer by profession.
He entered practice in the 1970s.
He was appointed Minister for Mines for a period.
He was governor of the province of Kasai Occidental from October 2006 until February 2007.
At the end of November 2007 he became Minister of Justice and Human Rights.
As Minister of Justice, in May 2007 he said that the reform of the justice system was well in hand, that a judicial inspectorate had been formed and that 4,000 judges would soon be hired.
In October 2008 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito
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In August 2009 he spoke out against corrupt politicians who were inciting boundary disputes between the two Kasai provinces.
The disputes, in which several people had died, were due mainly to artisanal mining of diamond deposits and to competition for arable land.
He left Muzito's cabinet after the reshuffle of February 2010.
In December 2010 he was accused of giving information to General Faustin Munene, leader of the Popular Resistance Army (PRA) rebel movement in the Bandundu Province
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
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In October 2008 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense in the first Adolphe Muzito cabinet
Adolphe Muzito cabinet
The Adolphe Muzito cabinet consists of the Ministers of State, Ministers and Vice-Ministers that form the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo under Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, who took office on 10 October 2008.-First Cabinet:...
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Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda is a licensed lawyer by profession.
He entered practice in the 1970s.
He was appointed Minister for Mines for a period.
He was governor of the province of Kasai Occidental from October 2006 until February 2007.
At the end of November 2007 he became Minister of Justice and Human Rights.
As Minister of Justice, in May 2007 he said that the reform of the justice system was well in hand, that a judicial inspectorate had been formed and that 4,000 judges would soon be hired.
In October 2008 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito
Adolphe Muzito
Adolphe Muzito is a Congolese politician who has been the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2008. Muzito, a member of the Unified Lumumbist Party , was previously Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga from 2007 to 2008.Muzito, who is from Gungu,...
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In August 2009 he spoke out against corrupt politicians who were inciting boundary disputes between the two Kasai provinces.
The disputes, in which several people had died, were due mainly to artisanal mining of diamond deposits and to competition for arable land.
He left Muzito's cabinet after the reshuffle of February 2010.
In December 2010 he was accused of giving information to General Faustin Munene, leader of the Popular Resistance Army (PRA) rebel movement in the Bandundu Province
Bandundu Province
Bandundu is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo to the west, Équateur to the north, and Kasai-Occidental to the east. The provincial capital is also called Bandundu .In 1966, Bandundu was formed by merging the three...
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