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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: INSTALLATION OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CONGOLESE CONTROL OFFICE-OCC, CHRISTELLLE MUABILU, THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2026 BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL FOR FOREIGN TRADE

It was this Thursday, February 19, 2026 that the interim Director General of the Congolese Control Office-OCC, Christellle Muabulu officially took up her duties, following a handover and resumption ceremony chaired by the Secretary General for Foreign Trade, Eugène Manga Manga, and in which the President of the Board of Directors, the President of the union delegation, the agents and executives of this public establishment whose mission to control the quality, quantity and conformity of everything that enters and leaves the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This ceremony comes 72 hours after the precautionary suspension of the Director General of the Congolese Control Office-OCC, Etienne Tshimanga for serious management errors by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya.
The emblems of power were handed over to the Acting Director General of the Office by the Secretary General for Commerce, who, on this occasion, recalled the new directions of the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya to thus save this scientific and technical organization from shipwreck; because the recovery commission of the office set up needs the support of everyone to succeed in its mission - he added.

Witness to the event, Onesime Sadiki Byombuka, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Trade, took note of this transfer of power between the suspended Director General, represented by the Coordinator of the General Directorate of the OCC, Pierrot Mwambanzambi Kangudia and the interim Director General, Christellle Muabulu.

Speaking, the interim Director General thanked the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the Prime Minister, Judith Suminwa Tuluka and the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya for the trust placed in her person to take over the interim; On this occasion, she called on agents and executives to unite and do a job well done which consists of protecting consumers and maximizing revenue.