DR Congo’s 2027 budget allocates 400 billion francs for elections
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 2027 draft budget provides 400 billion Congolese francs to fund elections, according to Prime Minister Judith Suminwa. The National Assembly’s Economic and Financial Committee has 20 days to review the text, whose total allocation stands at 56,930 billion Congolese francs.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 2027 draft budget includes an allocation of 400 billion Congolese francs for elections, census and identification operations. The amount is included in exceptional expenditure financed from domestic resources, estimated at 7,472 billion Congolese francs, according to Prime Minister Judith Suminwa, cited by Actualité.cd.
The same budget line includes 181 billion Congolese francs for census and identification, as well as a reserve of 110 billion for disasters and other emergencies. Exceptional expenditure is down 9% compared with 2026, while the draft finance bill, valued at 56,930 billion Congolese francs, is up by nearly 12% compared with the 2026 revised budget, according to Actualité.cd.
The National Assembly has given its Economic, Financial and Budgetary Control Committee 20 days to examine the text. The appropriations are intended in particular to support the 2025–2029 roadmap of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), which is preparing combined elections scheduled for 2028, according to Actualité.cd. The draft was presented at 56,930 billion Congolese francs on 29 October, before the National Assembly deemed it admissible on 31 October.
