Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda

Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda
Governor of Kasai Occidental
In office October 2006 – February 2007
Minister of Justice
In office November 2007 – October 2008
Preceded by	Georges Minsay Booka
Succeeded by	Luzolo Bambi Lessa
Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense
In office October 2008 – February 2010

Symphorien Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In October 2008 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense in the first Adolphe Muzito cabinet.^[1]

Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda is a licensed lawyer by profession.^[2] He entered practice in the 1970s. He was appointed Minister for Mines for a period. He was governor of the province of Kasai Occidental from October 2006 until February 2007. At the end of November 2007 he became Minister of Justice and Human Rights.^[3]

As Minister of Justice, in May 2007 he said that the reform of the justice system was well in hand, that a judicial inspectorate had been formed and that 4,000 judges would soon be hired.^[4] In October 2008 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito.^[1] In August 2009 he spoke out against corrupt politicians who were inciting boundary disputes between the two Kasai provinces. The disputes, in which several people had died, were due mainly to artisanal mining of diamond deposits and to competition for arable land.^[5] He left Muzito's cabinet after the reshuffle of February 2010. In December 2010 he was accused of giving information to General Faustin Munene, leader of the Popular Resistance Army (PRA) rebel movement in the Bandundu Province.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Publication de la liste des membres du nouveau gouvernement congolais". African Manager. 27-10-2008. http://www.africanmanager.com/articles/119222.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
2. ^ "Le cabinet de Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda se délocalise !". La Prospérité. 22 January 2010. http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201001220077.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
3. ^ "Our Supporters". Mwamba Family Foundation. http://www.themwambafamilyfoundation.org/10601.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
4. ^ "4.000 magistrats bientôt recrutés - Me Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda institue l'inspectorat judiciaire". La Prospérité. 26 May 2008. http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200805260793.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
5. ^ "Conflits fonciers entre les 2 Kasaï: Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda fustige des politiciens véreux". Radio Okapi. August 29, 2009. http://www.congoplanete.com/article.jsp?id=45262312. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
6. ^ Freddy Mulongo (28 December 2010). "Me Symphorien Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda serait-il en fuite ?". http://reveil-fm.com/index.php/2010/12/28/1205-mutombo-bakafwa-nsenda-serait-il-en-fuite. Retrieved 2011-11-20.