Gabriel Kyungu Wa Kumwanza, co-founder of the UDPS with Étienne Tshisekediau in the early 1980s and supported by Félix Tshisekedi, the current resident of the Republic, died on Saturday, August 21 in Luanda, Angola. Gabriel Kyungu was an atypical character who could pass the test of time by changing political camps if necessary.
as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda Wa Kamanda
Gabriel Kyungu had been on the political scene since the 1960s. A former trade unionist in education, he was found with Étienne Tshisekedi Wa Mulumba among the thirteen founders of the UDPS, the parliamentarians who had challenged Mobutu in the early 1980s. He turns his hat and joins the marshal.
Gabriel Kyungu Wa Kumwanza is one of the main instigators of the ethnic cleansing, which is especially aimed at people from Kasai, who had to leave Katanga in the 1990s. Upon the arrival of the AFDL, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, he supported the new power before returning to opposition.
He reconciles with Étienne Tshisekedi before his disappearance. Until his death at the age of 83, he was one of the main allies of FélixTshisekedi, the current head of state.
The former governor of Katanga, Moïse Katumbisalue, him, the memory of a big brother who was president of the provincial assembly in Katanga during his term as governor.
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