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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000096 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: KABILA ALLIES WIN LION'S SHARE OF WESTERN KASAI'S 
SENATE DELEGATION 
 
REF: KINSHASA 51 
 
¶1. (U) Candidates aligned with President Joseph Kabila's 
Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) will make up 
most of the national Senate delegation from Western Kasai. 
AMP coalition candidates won at least five -- and possibly as 
many as seven -- of the province's eight Senate seats January 
19, including three for the PPRD alone. Jean-Pierre Bemba's 
Union for the Nation (UfN) alliance won just one Senate seat 
in the assembly. 
 
¶2. (U) The AMP coalition victory is a reversal of fortune for 
the pro-Kabila forces after they lost out to Bemba allies in 
contests for the provincial assembly's leadership positions a 
week earlier (reftel). In addition to the three PPRD seats, 
the vote among Western Kasai's 54 provincial deputies 
resulted in two for independent candidates, and one apiece 
for Bemba's MLC, Ruberwa's RCD, and the Democratic Socialist 
Party (PDS, aligned with the AMP). Both independents will 
likely join the AMP alliance. 
 
¶3. (U) The Western Kasai assembly was evenly split between 
the AMP and UfN coalitions after October 29 election. A 
post-election alliance with the RCD gave the AMP coalition a 
slight numerical majority, although it failed to elect any 
AMP candidates to the assembly's top positions. 
 
¶3. (U) Many of the new Senators are political newcomers, 
although there are some familiar names in the delegation. 
These include Bashilenge traditional chief Emery Kalamba 
Wafuana (independent, likely allied with the AMP), High Media 
Authority President Modeste Mutinga (also an independent, and 
likely aligned with the AMP), and the DRC's chief auditor 
Evariste Mabi Mulumba (PPRD). 
 
¶4. (SBU) Biographical information: 
 
Gaston Nkole Tshimuanga (MLC) 
 
Nkole, 53, will represent Bemba's Movement for the Liberation 
of Congo (MLC) in the national Senate. Born May 25, 1953. 
 
Jean Baptiste Iyolo La Ndjondo (PPRD) 
 
Iyolo, 68, will represent the pro-Kabila People's Party for 
Reconstruction and Development (PPRD). Born April 18, 1938. 
 
John Muyamba Ngove (PPRD) 
 
Muyama, 35, is the second-youngest member elected to the 
Senate and will serve as one of the two secretaries in the 
chamber's provisional leadership office. Born January 1, 1972. 
 
Muendu Mbueshi Kuongo (RCD) 
 
Mbueshi, 77, will be the Senate's oldest member. He will 
serve as president of the Senate's provisional leadership 
office until a permanent secretariat is elected. A former 
primary school teacher and regional education inspector in 
Western Kasai, he later entered politics and was elected to 
the Mobutu-era parliament from Western Kasai, serving from 
1977-1981. He participated in committees focused on finance 
and the environment. Born December 29, 1929. 
 
Emery Kalamba Wafuana (independent, likely allied with 
Kabila/AMP) 
 
Kalamba, 54, became traditional chief of the Bashilenge clan 
in February 2002, and served in the Transitional Senate. A 
lawyer specializing in mining law, he holds a masters in 
international affairs from Georgetown University. He has been 
a member of several organizations advocating the interests of 
traditional societies, serving as President of the Grand 
Kasai Forum and Vice President of the National Alliance of 
Traditional Authorities of Congo. Born January 12, 1953. 
 
Modeste Mutinga (independent, likely aligned with Kabila/AMP) 
 
Mutinga, 60, is the president of the High Media Authority 
(HAM), one of the Transitional Government's five 
institutions. He holds a degree in political science from the 
Free University in Kinshasa. A career journalist and author, 
he has edited several media publications, including "Le 
Potentiel," a Kinshasa daily newspaper. He founded the Union 
of Journalists and Communications Agents, the first 
 
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journalists' union in the Congo. He later became Vice 
President of the Union of Congolese Press. He participated in 
the Inter-Congolese Dialogue in South Africa as a member of 
the civil society delegation. Born January 1, 1947. 
 
Patrice-Aime Sesanga Dja Kasiw (PDS, allied with Kabila/AMP) 
 
Sesanga, 63, is a longtime activist in Kasaian politics and 
was a member of the Transitional National Assembly. He held 
positions in the Kasaian Ministry of Agriculture in 1963, as 
well as the Ministry of National Education and Agriculture in 
1964-1965. From 1968-1973 he served as a Vice President with 
the mining parastatal Gecamines. He was named to the national 
legislature in 1980 and subsequently appointed as a member of 
the Movement for Popular Revolution's central committee. He 
participated in the Sovereign National Conference and was 
named Minister of Social Affairs in 1993. Founder of the 
Group of Moderate Opposition (ROM) political platform, he 
went on to serve as President of the Democratic Socialist 
Party and co-signed the Sun City Accords. He is the father of 
former Bemba chief of staff and Minister of Plan Delly 
Sesanga. Born July 15, 1943. 
 
Evariste Mabi Mulumba (PPRD) 
 
Mabi, 65, has been the DRC's chief government auditor since 
¶1988. He holds a degree in economics and a doctorate in 
business administration from the University of Liege in 
Belgium. He served as adviser to the Governor of Kinshasa 
from 1967-1968 and became deputy director of the Institute 
for Economic and Social Research in 1973. A member of the 
Movement for Popular Revolution's central committee from 
1980-1990, he was Minister of Finance in 1986 and Prime 
Minister under Mobutu from 1987-1988. Born April 22, 1941. 
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