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S&K supermarkets deny links with the Kabila family

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S&K supermarkets deny links with the Kabila family

S-MART SARL, owner of S&K supermarkets, says it has no links with the family of Joseph Kabila and denies rumours circulating on social media. The company says it has referred the matter to Congolese authorities and courts under the Digital Code and Penal Code, according to its statement of 16 October reported by Actualité.cd.

S-MART SARL, owner of S&K supermarkets, categorically denies any ownership or affiliation link with the family of former Congolese president Joseph Kabila. It describes as “false” and “manifestly malicious” rumours circulating on social media for several days, in a statement dated Friday 16 October and signed by its counsel, Me Raphaël Kibuka Kia Kiese of the Kibuka law firm.

S-MART SARL’s management also says it has no ties to the Kabila family, according to the statement reported by Actualité.cd.

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