Kabila's SADC reign triggers major DRC revival
Thursday, February 25, 2010
And one of the driving forces behind this "reawakening" is Katebe Katoto, a Congolese national based in the United States of America (US). Katoto owns Samaki Fisheries, a company based in Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga Province, and his boys are making a killing by trading in fish that they procure from Zambia's Luapula and Northern provinces, which are endowed with various lakes such as Lake Mweru, Lake Samfya and Lake Tanganyika.
Katoto owns barges for hire to holidaymakers and two hotels in the US so he has entrusted the fish business to his cousins and his son living in Congo-DR, as the country is popularly referred to by citizens here.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...