Olive Lembe di Sita

Olive Lembe di Sita
First Lady of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 January 2001
President	Joseph Kabila Kabange
Personal details
Born	29 July 1976 (1976-07-29) (age 35) Maniema, Zaire
Children	Sifa Kabila (b. 2001)
Religion	Catholic

Marie Olive Lembe di Sita (born 29 July 1976 in Kailo, Maniema, Zaire) is the current First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was the very secretive and discreet—almost elusive—long-term (since 2000) fiancée of Congolese President Joseph Kabila. She married her long term fiancé on 17 June 2006, becoming her country's First Lady.^[1]

In 2001, a daughter was born to the couple, Sifa Kabila, named after Kabila's own mother, and former - similarly discreet and secretive - first lady Sifa Mahanya.

Wedding

On 1 June 2006, the head of the MAISON CIVIL, Amb. Theo Mugalu, officially announced the wedding of Ms. Lembe di Sita to the President.

Two different dates emerged, some reports stating 10 June 2007,^[2] and other stating 10 June 2006.^[3] The wedding eventually took place on 17 June 2006 at the Presidential residence, in La Gombe, Kinshasa.^[4]

As President Kabila is Protestant, and Ms. Lembe di Sita is Catholic, the wedding ceremony was somewhat ecumenical, with both Cardinal Etsou, and Mgr Pierre Molefe Bodho - Bishop and President of the Church of Christ in Congo, the umbrella church for most Protestant denominations in Congo - officiating. Cardinal Etsou had preeminence however.

References

1. ^ "Profile: Joseph Kabila". Al Jazeera English. 2006-12-06. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2006/12/2008525183620233730.html. Retrieved 2009-03-12. 
2. ^ http://www.congointer.com/mari.htm
3. ^ http://www.digitalcongo.net/fullstory.php?id=69284
4. ^ http://www.digitalcongo.net/article/34716

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Name	Lembe si Dita, Olive
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Date of birth	29 July 1976
Place of birth	Maniema, Zaire
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