Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo there’s multiple tax, the charge of which is strongly criticized by the residents, that is the case for Go Go, a charge charged by the Civil Aviation Authority since 2009. The Director Common of the Régie des airways (RVA) was sentenced in January to twenty years imprisonment for embezzlement. For the Congo examine group (GEC), a analysis middle at New York College, the vast majority of the diversion primarily refers back to the revenue from the Go Go itself.
What’s the Go Go cash used for? beneath 10 years? That is the query that researchers at GEC have been asking for nearly two years. And the reply is way from easy. First, as a result of they famous unjustified variations in revenues from sure airports. Which leads them to imagine that there are deviations on the supply.
Then there’s a diversion in use. Greater than $ 37 million was used to construct a presidential pavilion at Kinshasa Airport, when it must have been used primarily to enhance the nation’s airport constructions. Greater than six million was used to finance the nationwide airline Congo Airways, of which RVA turned a shareholder.
A lot of the contracts made with the Go Go cash have been made over-the-counter and supply little transparency. Particularly since RVA is closely indebted throughout this time for nearly $ 130 million.
The downside, says GEC, is the politicization of RVA’s governing our bodies, like all public firms, the absence of computerized administration, the absence of actual controls or the publication of assorted audit stories. In presenting his program, Prime Minister Sama Lukonde stated he was contemplating incorporating this charge into the worth of airline tickets.
Trésor Kibangula, researcher on the Congo Research Group
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