Employees of Transport du Congo (Transco) demonstrated on Monday, July 26 in Kinshasa. They are asking for wages back.
On Monday morning, the depots of the public bus transport company were blocked by angry officers. Employees demand an eight-month repayment and more bonuses. They are asking for resignation from their leadership and the president’s intervention.
They can not find accommodation and buy food. There are parents who sleep outside, our children do not study.
Report, Transco agents on the streets of Kinshasa
On Saturday, the Transco federation condemned the “Machiavellian design of a group of individuals to deliver brochures” and ensured that the government was “sufficiently seized” by the agent.
On the same day, the Transco management had also communicated to explain the delay in the payment of salaries that would be linked to the Covid-19 crisis and urged the employees to continue their assignment. She claimed that she had requested a special contribution from the government to compensate for the loss of revenue linked to the pandemic. At the beginning of the afternoon, on Monday, the buses were still standing at the stop.
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