The provincial Minister of Interior, Security, Decentralization and Customary Affairs Mr. Lwabandji Lwasi Ngabo officially installed on Monday, September 28, 2020, the facilitators of the Rural Municipality of Minembwe in Fizi, South Kivu.
The installation was done with a strong political-military delegation in Minembwe. It consists of the Ministers of Defense and Decentralization Azarias Ruberwa, the Chief of Staff of the Congolese Army, the Governor of South Kivu, several national deputies and several other army officers.
This team with the cities of Baraka, Uvira and Kamituga had been named since the beginning of 2019.
While the hosts of these cities were already in office, so only those of the Minembwe municipality, which has been unstable for several years with the activism of domestic and foreign armed groups. Other rural communes created have never received any facilitators.
Several leaders in the Banyamulenge community hope, for example, that this facility will come to an end the situation of permanent insecurity for the past two years.
′′ The population of this long abandoned area, hope to be relieved by these high-ranking men. And wants them a lasting peace ", hope Aimable Mwungura, a young person from this community living in Bukavu.
On the other hand, Manassé Müller Ruhimbika, former provincial minister, is hoping development activities can now begin.
′′ Finally the facilitators of the rural Municipality of Minembwe officially installed. That's what looks good. The Municipality can now start its development activities he says on Whatsapp social network.
One of the sources of instability in the region
The erection of Minembwe as Municipality does not unanimously. Several socio-political actors and independent organizations identify the new Municipality of Minembwe as one of the causes of armed conflict in the region.
In his ′′ nota bene ′′ of November 8, 2019 consulted by Laprunellerdc. info, Protestant human rights organization ′′ Heirs of Justice ′′ has returned to what it calls ′′ the underneath of recurring armed conflict maps in the high and medium plateaux of Minembwe and Bijombo in South Kivu province ′′
′′ The Banyamulenge community's determination to see the state set up the town of Minembwe as a self-contained entity and to get the head of the customary entity of the Bijombo group in contempt of opposition from neighboring communities. The municipality of Minembwe, created by the same Decree of the Prime Minister conferring city and communal status on certain cities in South Kivu province, including Misisi, Kiliba, Sange, Luvungi, Kamanyola, Nyangezi, Kavumu, Nyabibwe, Minova, etc., would, unlike others, be the only one with a Mayor appointed by a presidential order signed by the former Head of State before his term ended in December 2018., wrote ′′ Heirs of Justice ′′ like 4 nd cause of instability.
In October 2019, the Babembe community had presented prerequisites that must be respected before any dialogue in this part of the province.
After brushing over the history of this conflict in the highlands of Fizi-Itombwe, the community of Babembe said they wanted indigenous people to be reassured, inter alia, by ′′ abolishing the frustrating provisions of the decree creating the municipality of Minembwe, change of mono commanders - ethnic groups of fractional troops in Fizi territory"
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