ABBOT APOLLINAIRE MALUMALU IMMORTALIZED IN THE WORK OF BENOÎT KAMBERE LUSUMBA BROUGHT TO THE BAPTISMAL FONT THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026 IN KINSHASA
Abbot Apollinaire Muholongu Malumalu, Former President of the Independent Electoral Commission-CEI and the Independent National Electoral Commission-CENI, precursor of electoral governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo, died 10 years ago, now immortalized in the work entitled "Apollinaire Muholongu Malumalu (1961-2016) Tributes to the Priest, the Statesman and the Development Actor" by the author Benoît Kambere Lusumba, carried on the font this Thursday, August 27, 2026 by the President of the CENI, Denis Kadima, who praised his work in the consolidation of democracy in the DRC.
Ceremony which took place in the Abbot Apollinaire Malumalu room of the CENI, in the presence of National Deputies, Senators, Ministers, diplomatic corps, university professors, members of different offices of the electoral center, representatives of religious denominations, civil society and customary leaders, but also members of the Abbot's family.
In his testimony, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Former Governor of North Kivu, Julien Paluku Kahongya praised the exceptional qualities of the late Father Apollinaire Malumalu including his determination to organize the first democratic, free and transparent elections in the country by overcoming logistical, financial, legal and political challenges; hence he deserves to rest in a patheon, pleaded Julien Paluku Kahongya
For Norbert Basengezi Katintima, Former 2nd Vice-President of the CEI, now 2nd Vice-President of the Senate, the management of the late Abbot Apollinaire Malumalu was based on obligation and results, and added that the law on voter identification, the digitization of CENI data and the innovation of the voting machine are among his achievements.
