Kinshasa: Provincial Minister of Infrastructures and Public Works (ITP), Alain TSHILUNGU Launches Training for His Ministry’s Staff on Public Procurement.

Kinshasa, 14 August 2025 | The Provincial Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works for the city of Kinshasa, Alain Tshilungu, concluded a series of awareness-raising sessions for members of his cabinet and the administration under his supervision on public procurement procedures, in accordance with the laws in force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The closing ceremony of these three-day preliminary sessions, held from Tuesday, August 12, to Thursday, August 14, 2025, paves the way for a ten-day training on public procurement to be held at CEPAS in Kinshasa, from August 15 to 27, 2025.

As will be the case for the training itself, the immersion sessions were led by executives from the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (ARMP): Ms. Cecile MALILA KAYOLA from the ARMP/Kinshasa provincial directorate and Ms. Paula MANGOMBE MAKENGO, permanent secretary of the Public Procurement Project Management Unit at the ARMP’s directorate general. At the end, they symbolically handed over all the legal texts governing public procurement in the DRC, both at national and provincial level.

For Minister Alain TSHILUNGU, who recognizes the necessity for the members of his

Cabinet and the Public Works and Infrastructure (ITP) administration to master the mechanisms and practices of public procurement, this represents an important step

forward. He thus thanked the ARMP for tailoring this training to the specific needs of his ministry:

« Thank you for your time and thank you for providing us with a general training that you have, as you mentioned, tailored to the needs of this ministry and the challenges we face. As you know, public procurement remains an indispensable tool today for managing most of the province’s contracts, for which we are responsible », he stated, while affirming his full commitment to a lasting collaboration with the ARMP.

For their part, Paula MANGOMBE and Cécile MALILA from the ARMP expressed their satisfaction with the participants’ conduct during the introductory sessions and thanked the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works, who personally requested this training. Together, they highlighted the necessity for the Provincial Ministry of Infrastructures and Public Works (ITP) to have a Public Procurement Management and Oversight Unit, as required by laws in force. A member of Governor Bumba’s team, who has already drafted a text establishing this unit, also indicated that the process of appointing its staff is currently underway.

Public procurement being a tool for good governance, and with the city of Kinshasa aiming to modernize through various ongoing urban road projects, this training comes at the right time to promote best practices in the management of public-private partnerships, in line with the vision of the city authority, Daniel BUMBA LUBAKI.

Communication Unit of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works