Tshisekedi Inspects Major Kinshasa Clean-Up Operation

President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi visited Boulevard Lumumba on Friday, 17 July 2026, to inspect sanitation work being carried out by the Service National in Kinshasa.

The operation covers the major corridor running from the Limete interchange towards N'djili International Airport. Teams have been deployed along the route since 15 July as part of a wider effort to improve cleanliness, traffic movement and the organisation of public spaces in the capital.

According to the DRC Presidency, the work includes cleaning roads and public areas, clearing drains, collecting and removing rubbish, reorganising spaces used by the public and improving movement at heavily congested points.

The operation also targets unauthorised markets and parking areas built on public land or along busy roads.

During the visit, Tshisekedi inspected several intervention sites along Boulevard Lumumba. These included the Quartier 1 junction, Place Pascal, Marché de la Liberté and the Debonhomme flyover.

Lieutenant-General Jean-Pierre Kasongo Kabwik, commander of the Service National, briefed the president on the progress already made and the next stages of the operation.

The president was accompanied by senior national and city officials, including the vice-prime minister responsible for national defence, the transport minister, the president of the Senate and Kinshasa Governor Daniel Bumba.

Their presence gave the inspection a wider significance. The clean-up is not being presented as a small neighbourhood exercise, but as part of an organised government response to one of Kinshasa's most visible urban challenges.

The Presidency said Tshisekedi was satisfied with the quality of the early work. He congratulated the Service National teams and encouraged them to continue with discipline, professionalism and patriotism so that the improvements can last.

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