US embassy cable - 97KINSHASA2238

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 KINSHASA 002238 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL:N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR CG 
SUBJECT:  KABILA GOVERNMENT 
 
1.   THE FOLLOWING IS A PUTATIVE LISTING OF THE KABILA 
"GOVERNMENT" PRINTED IN A LOCAL KINSHASA NEWSPAPER, "LA CITE 
AFRICAINE," ON MARCH 31, 1997.  BASED ON NAMES WE HAVE HEARD 
IN THE PAST, THE LIST SEEMS TO BE ACCURATE.  EXCEPT WHERE 
NOTED, ALL COMMENTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NEWSPAPER. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/MINISTERS: 
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DEFENSE - COLONEL LOKELO 
 
   REPLACES KISSASSE NGANDU, KILLED IN AN AMBUSH IN JANUARY 
   1997.  LOKELO IS THE FORMER CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL 
   OF THE RESISTANCE FOR THE DEMOCRACY. 
 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - BIZIMA KARAHA 
 
   BANYAMULENGE, 29 YEARS OLD, BORN IN UVIRA.  IN CHARGE OF 
   THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICA. 
 
   EMBASSY COMMENT: SEE 96 PRETORIA 10502, PRETORIA 990, 
   JOHANNESBURG 157.  END COMMENT. 
 
- GAETAN KAKUDJI 
 
   NORTHERN KATANGAN, IN CHARGE OF EUROPE, ASIA, AND MIDDLE 
   EAST.  RESIDES IN BELGIUM 
 
   EMBASSY COMMENT:  SEE PARIS 3271.  END COMMENT. 
 
INFORMATION AND PRESS - RAPHAEL GHENDA 
 
   FROM THE KASAIS.  RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPAGANDA AND 
   IDEOLOGY.  WAS IN EXILE IN BRUSSELS UNTIL DECEMBER 1996. 
   LAW DEGREE FROM PARIS UNIVERSITY. 
 
   EMBASSY COMMENT:  SEE KIGALI 5157.  END COMMENT. 
 
JUSTICE - KONGOLO MWENZE 
 
   ZAIRIAN-AMERICAN.  LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA SINCE 1985. LAW 
   DEGREE.  PRESIDENT OF ANACONZA (ALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE 
   ON ZAIRE). 
 
ECONOMY AND FINANCES - MWANA NANGA MAWAPANGA 
 
   FROM BAS-ZAIRE.  STUDIED ECONOMICS IN AN AMERICAN 
   UNIVERSITY. 
 
   EMBASSY COMMENT:  PRESS REPORTS INDICATE MWANA RECENTLY 
   LEFT HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN IN KENTUCKY (WHERE HE 
   TAUGHT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
   KENTUCKY) TO JOIN THE AFDL.  MWANA MAY BE AN AMERICAN 
   CITIZEN.  HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANACONZA.  END COMMENT. 
 
SECURITY - PAUL KABONGO 
 
   KASAIN WHO HAS LIVED SEVERAL YEARS IN BRUSSELS. 
   EMBASSY COMMENT:  SURNAME NORMALLY SEEN AS "KABUNGO." 
   SEE KIGALI 5157.  END COMMENT. 
 
EDUCATION - SAMSON MUZURI 
 
   BANYAMULENGE 
 
VICE-MINISTER FOR SPECIAL ISSUES (RELATIONS WITH PRIVATE 
ENTERPRISES) - JOSEPH RUBIBI 
 
   BANYAMULENGE 
 
 
DELEGATES GENERAL/GOVERNORS/VICE-GOVERNORS 
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DELEGATE FOR NORTH KIVU - DEOGRATIS BUGHERA 
 
   ZAIRIAN TUTSI FROM MASISI.  FOUNDER OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
   ALLIANCE OF THE PEOPLE.  PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 
   AFDL IN GOMA. 
 
DEPUTY - KAKIRA 
 
   ENGLISH SPEAKING OFFICER. 
 
DELEGATE FOR SOUTH KIVU - NINDAGA MASSASSU 
 
   ZAIRIAN FROM SOUTH KIVU.  COMMANDER OF TROOPS IN SOUTH 
   KIVU. 
 
EMBASSY COMMENT:  NOT LISTED IS THE DELEGATE FOR MANIEMA -- 
WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES ARE 
BETWEEN THE "DELEGATE" AND THE "GOVERNOR"  PER PRESS REPORTS 
THE DELEGATE IS MULANGWA KATAKO, PROFESSOR AT THE HIGHER 
INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL STUDIES IN KINDU. 
 
GOVERNOR OF NORTH KIVU - LEONARD KANYAMUHANGA GAFUNDI 
 
   TUTSI. 
 
VICE-GOVERNOR OF NORTH KIVU - APOTRE TUSI 
 
   HUNDE FROM RUTSHURU; LEADER OF THE HUNDES. 
 
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH KIVU - ANATOLE BICHIKWABO 
 
   PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUJUMBURA.  FORMER 
   DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE SUPERIOR PEDAGOGIQUE. 
 
VICE-GOVERNOR OF SOUTH KIVU - BENJAMIN SERKIZA 
 
   FROM UVIRA. 
 
GOVERNOR OF MANIEMA - PIERRE LOKOMBE KATETE 
 
   DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED; FORMER RECTOR OF THE KINDU 
   UNIVERSITY. 
 
   EMBASSY COMMENT:  60 YEARS OLD ACCORDING TO PRESS 
   REPORTS.  END COMMENT. 
 
 
VICE-GOVERNOR OF MANIEMA - RAMAZANI CHARARI 
 
   FORMER PROFESSOR AT THE INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; 
   36 YEARS OLD; BRILLIANT; RECOGNIZED MANAGEMENT ABILITY. 
   THE REAL GOVERNOR OF KINDU? 
 
   EMBASSY COMMENT:  PRESS REPORTING SHOWS ALTERNATIVE 
   SPELLING - RAMAZANY SHADARY - AND AGE (37).  END COMMENT. 
 
GOVERNOR OF HAUT-ZAIRE - DR. YAGI SITOLO 
 
   FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF UDPS 
 
VICE-GOVERNOR OF HAUT-ZAIRE - OBOTELA RASHIDI 
 
   UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR. 
 
 
OTHER PERSONALITIES: 
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GENERAL MATIANTE - 
 
   SPECIAL COUNSELOR OF KAKUDJI, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
   AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION FOR THE AFDL. 
 
MAX OLIVIER GAHEN - 
 
   BELGIAN PRIVATE CONSULTANT.  SON OF ALFRED CAHEN, FORMER 
   BELGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ZAIRE. 
 
MOISE NVARUSABO - 
 
   TUTSI FROM UVIRA.  SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENCY OF 
   THE AFDL.  CABINET DIRECTOR FOR THE AGENDA OF LAURENT 
   KABILA. 
 
COMMANDER FRANCOIS OLENGA - 
 
   FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF LAURENT KABILA.  GENERALLY 
   LIVES IN COLOGNE, GERMANY WITH HIS FAMILY.  DIRECTS AN 
   IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS. 
 
JOSEPH KABILA - 
 
   SON OF LAURENT KABILA.  25 YEARS OLD.  OPERATIONAL 
   COMMANDER OF THE NORTHERN SECTION AT THE TIME KISANGANI 
   WAS TAKEN. 
 
ANDRE KAPANGA - 
 
   CLOSE TO LAURENT KABILA.  RESIDES IN THE UNITED STATES. 
 
TONY GOETZ - 
 
   BELGIAN NATIONAL, FINANCES THE AFDL BY THE MEANS OF THE 
   AFFIMET SOCIETY (BUYS GOLD IN BUJUMBURA). 
 
KOTECHA - 
 
   INFLUENTIAL BUSINESSMAN IN BUKAVU.  PRESIDENT OF THE 
   CHAMBER OF COMMER OF SOUTH KIVU (EX-ANEZA).  FRIEND OF 
   KABILA SINCE 1964. 
 
   EMBASSY COMMENT:  KOTECHA IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HAS 
   MAINTAINED CLOSE RELATIONS WITH WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE. 
   KOTECHA PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN PROTECTING THE AMERICAN 
   COMMUNITY IN BUKAVU DURING THE COMBAT THERE.  TO OUR 
   KNOWLEDGE, KOTECHA HAS NO LONG-TERM HISTORY WITH KABILA. 
   END COMMENT. 
 
EDI ANGULU MABENGI - 
 
   AFDL REPRESENTATIVE IN SWITZERLAND. 
 
CHARLES NAWEJ - 
 
   AFDL REPRESENTATIVE IN BELGIUM. 
 
JEAN-BAPTISTE MULEMBA - 
 
   AFDL REPRESENTATIVE IN FRANCE. 
 
 
FOUNDERS OF THE AFDL PARTY: 
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PRP - POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY PARTY:  LAURENT KABILA 
 
CNRD - NATIONAL RESISTANCE COUNCIL FOR THE DEMOCRACY: 
KISSASSE NGANDU (DECEASED) 
 
MRLZ - REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT FOR THE LIBERATION OF ZAIRE: 
NINDAGA MASSASSU 
 
ADP - DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE OF THE PEOPLE: DEOGRATIS BUGHERA 
 
 
 
2.  BUJUMBURA MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. 
 
 
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