DR Congo Assembly deems Grand Inga bill admissible
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
The National Assembly of DR Congo has deemed admissible the bill governing the implementation of Grand Inga, a 44,000 MW hydroelectric complex on the Congo River in Kongo Central. The bill, presented on 11 November by Water Resources and Electricity Minister Aimé Molendo Sakombi, aims to guarantee state sovereignty over the site and secure investment, according to Actualite.cd.
The bill on the implementation of Grand Inga has been deemed admissible by the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after it was presented on Wednesday 11 November by Aimé Molendo Sakombi, Minister of Water Resources and Electricity, according to Actualité.cd. The bill was then referred to the Committee on Land Use Planning, Infrastructure and New Information and Communication Technologies for further examination.
Aimé Molendo Sakombi said the Grand Inga hydroelectric complex could harness a potential 44,000 MW, out of a national hydroelectric potential estimated at 167,200 MW spread across 3,349 sites. The bill is intended in particular to regulate state sovereignty over the Inga site, investment security and the consideration of environmental and social issues, according to the minister.
The bill had been adopted at the 84th meeting of the Council of Ministers. Aimé Boji Sangara, president of the National Assembly, called on MPs to participate in committee work and stressed the involvement of the PAJ and Ecofin committees, according to Actualité.cd.
The minister also said that the 2014 electricity law, in its current form, did not cover the specific features of a project of this scale. He presented the new legal framework as a means of turning DR Congo’s hydroelectric potential into generation capacity, investment and development opportunities, according to Actualité.cd.
