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Kwilu financial authority chief suspended over alleged embezzlement of more than 9 million Congolese francs

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The director general of the Kwilu General Directorate of Revenue (DGREK), Égide Wawende, has been suspended preventively for three months over the alleged embezzlement of more than 9 million Congolese francs. The suspension, announced on 7 November, comes in a province where the financial authority is responsible for collecting local revenue, according to Actualite.cd.

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