{"id":108859,"date":"2025-09-02T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/dr-congo-ex-justice-minister-guilty-of-embezzlement"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:47:58","slug":"dr-congo-ex-justice-minister-guilty-of-embezzlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/dr-congo-ex-justice-minister-guilty-of-embezzlement","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo Ex-Justice Minister Guilty of Embezzlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>DR Congo&#8217;s former Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba, was sentenced to three years of forced labour on Tuesday, September 2, after a court in the capital Kinshasa found him guilty of embezzlement of public funds.<\/p>\n<p>Mutamba, who resigned in June amid corruption allegations, was in court on Tuesday when the judge ruled that he embezzled $19 million meant for the construction of a prison in Kisangani, Tshopo province.<\/p>\n<p>He was ordered to return the money.<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Cassation also stripped Mutamba of the right to vote and the right to stand for election for five years after serving the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>He was banned from accessing public functions and deprived of the right to conditional release and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. DR Congo&#8217;s former Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba, was sentenced to three years of forced labour on Tuesday, September 2, after a court in the capital Kinshasa found him guilty of embezzlement of public funds. 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