Moses Katumbi Katanga: Will he defy Kabila in 2011?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Moses Katumbi, future president of the Democratic Republic of Congo?
( Grioo.com 25/03/2010) "The Point" devoted five pages to the governor of Katanga province. It's not often that a French weekly, namely "The Point" (No. 1957 of March 18, 2010, currently on newsstands) devotes five pages to a politician living in Africa. Most African presidents were not eligible for this honor. It must be said that Moses Katumbi Chapwe, since it was from him that this is not the first comer and leaves no one indifferent. Born a Congolese mother and an Italian father, a businessman who made his fortune in mining, since converted into policy, Katumbi would weigh 60 million dollars. Elected governor of Katanga province, the richest province of the Congo (it contains 10% of world reserves of copper, 34% of world reserves of cobalt and other minerals essential to modern economies as coltan mobile phone ...) Katanga is also the headquarters of the General Mines and Quarries, better known under the name of Gecamines, a mining company whose cash was used extensively Mobutu of its heyday. It distributes the dollars galore and holds its province with an iron fist. The future president of Congo? Le Point, No. 1957 of 18/3/2010 concerning Moses Katumbi
Adored by the people of Katanga Katumbi bursts onto the screen in the documentary by Thierry Michel "Katanga Business. The scene where he threatens to close a plant operated by Chinese workers becaufe Congolese employees in the plant without required regulatory work is fast becoming a cult. With a real charisma, Katumbi is ubiquitous, runs the local football club (the Almighty Mazembe). Described as a mixture of "Berlusconi and Chavez," Katumbi has improved tax collection in the province (150 million dollars in four months against 24 million last year as declared in Katanga Business), which would have earned him death threats.
Katumbi also has detractors among the political class in Kinshasa, but also among persons who are not all convinced by his methods. Thus, in Le Point, some denounce the lack of monitoring of its high-profile initiatives. Moreover, contrary to what he said in Business Katanga, Moise Katumbi would not stop the business by becoming governor (these would be managed by his wife). According to a business lawyer quoted in Le Point, tax officials play down the governor's business tax, without knowing if they are on order or on their own initiative.
Still, the incredible popularity and media exposure Katumbi necessarily create jealousies and enmities. In fact, in Kinshasa, it is not the entire political class that is a fan of Moses. So far, relations with Joseph Kabila are good, both men seem to appreciate. Katumbi remains to be seen, it is easy to understand that one day there will inevitably be cramped in Katanga Province; What pushes just the point of asking whether Katumbi will one day be president Democratic Republic of Congo. If nobody has the answer to this question, it deserves to be asked.
is the wealth of Katanga who had the misfortune of Congo. At the time of Mobutu, when President Mobutu headed Katanga, Gecamines no longer investing, everything was wasted in castles in Europe
If I had not entered politics, I would have billions today. I had to sell my shares to be neutral. I won $ 60 million, but the Europeans who are in partnership with Gecamines have won how many billions?
Video: Moise Katumbi threatens to shut down a plant belonging to Chinese (from Katanga Business)
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22/03/2010
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