DR Congo wrongly counted 1,381.4 billion CDF in carried-over revenue
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Desk Eco
Illustrative image · RDNE Stock project · Pexels · Licence PexelsDR Congo’s Court of Auditors estimates that 1,381.4 billion Congolese francs in previous cash balances were wrongly included in 2025 budget revenue. This brings the actual achievement of revenue targets to 45.7%, compared with the reported 79.8%, according to its budget execution report.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) included 1,381.4 billion Congolese francs (CDF) in cash balances carried over from previous financial years in 2025 revenue, according to the Court of Auditors’ general report on the oversight of the 2025 budget execution. These amounts consist of 1,378.6 billion CDF for Special Accounts and 2.8 billion CDF for three reclassified annex budgets, SAEMAPE, CTCPM and IGM, the Congolese economic media outlet Desk Eco reports.
Once these sums are removed, the services concerned achieved only 45.7% of their revenue targets, whereas they reported 79.8% when the carry-overs were included. The Court of Auditors had already highlighted this practice in 2024; it increased by 69% in one year, without the government correcting the method.
National MP Célestin Musao Mbuyu called for an “effective fight” against “budgetary indiscipline” in the execution of public spending.
This criticism of budget oversight comes after the transmission to Parliament, on 27 October, of the Court of Auditors’ report on the 2025 budget. On 1 November, the government also presented a 2027 budget providing 400 billion francs for elections, in a context where conflict and Ebola are putting pressure on the Congolese budget, according to the IMF.
