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Viewing cable 06KINSHASA1753, GOVERNMENT TARGETS STREET GANGS FOR "NATIONAL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KINSHASA1753 2006-11-15 15:51 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO9739
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #1753/01 3191551
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 151551Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5170
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001753 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT TARGETS STREET GANGS FOR "NATIONAL 
SERVICE" 
 
REF: KINSHASA 1740 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  Government authorities plan to transport 
several hundred allegedly criminal homeless adults and 
children to rural areas for agricultural work or schooling 
following their detention in the aftermath of November 11 
violence in Kinshasa (reftel).  The Minister of the Interior 
outlined the plan and appealed for assistance at a November 
13 meeting with MONUC human rights officials, who expressed 
concern about the legality of the process.  End summary. 
 
2. (SBU) DRC Interior Minister Denis Kalume and Kinshasa 
Governor Baudouin Liwanga announced a plan November 13 to 
transport several hundred homeless people to rural locations 
for "social training" in the aftermath of three hours of 
violence on November 11, which included firefights between 
militia loyal to Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and police 
and other security forces (reftel).  The violence is widely 
believed to have been precipitated by gangs of young men, 
known locally as "shegues," in the pay of hardline Bemba 
allies. 
 
3. (SBU) Minister Kalume provided details of the "national 
service" plan and requested assistance for implementing it in 
a meeting with MONUC human rights officers November 13, 
attended by PolOff.  Kalume explained that the plan involves 
337 vagrants, including 215 men, 35 women and 87 children 
taken into custody in the early morning hours of November 12. 
 (Note:  According to a MONUC human rights officer, police 
conducted the round-up in a neighborhood unaffected by the 
November 11 violence, beginning at 3 a.m., arresting anyone 
they encountered, including a journalist who was later 
released, without attempting to determine whether they had 
been involved in the November 11 incident or had criminal 
records.  End note.) 
 
4. (SBU) Kalume reported that the men and boys will be 
transported to Kanyama-Kasese in Katanga, where the men will 
perform agricultural labor and the boys will attend school 
and train for agriculture.  He said the women will be sent to 
Menkow, a village outside of Kinshasa, to work on 
government-owned farms.  Kalume created a national service 
program under former president Laurent Kabila.   According to 
a former participant, the program has not been in operation 
for several years, and the Kanyama-Kasese site is largely 
abandoned. 
 
5. (SBU) Kalume said the GDRC will provide the program with 
mattresses, blankets, and $1 per day per person for food.  He 
appealed for contributions from international partners, 
including tents, tractors, agricultural supplies, and school 
books.  He also asked for assistance to cover transportation 
costs to Katanga.  MONUC human rights officers said they 
would need to visit the site to determine its suitability 
before any discussion of funding could occur with partner 
NGOs. 
 
6. (SBU) MONUC human rights officers claimed that Congolese 
law does not allow for transfer of individuals without trial, 
particularly without their consent.  Kalume said the 
Prosecutor General had assured him the men could be arrested 
as vagabonds.  He dismissed the idea of filing formal 
charges, conducting investigations, or holding trials on the 
grounds that those arrested were "incorrigible."  He also 
promised to "get their consent" but contended that many were 
drug addicts who could not give consent, so the government 
"must help them." 
 
7. (SBU) Kalume agreed to delay the plan for two days to 
allow MONUC and UNICEF access to the 87 minors in custody. 
UNICEF will attempt to locate their parents or to place them 
with local NGOs.  A MONUC human rights officer noted that 
transfer of children without parental consent is also illegal 
under Congolese law.  Kalume said that "any parent who 
wouldn't want their child to receive an education is 
reprehensible." 
 
8. (SBU) Comment:  It is thought that Kalume and Liwanga, 
both former military men, were named by Kabila last month in 
part to ensure order in the capital during elections. 
Transporting some 300 Kinshasa "shegues" is clearly designed 
to send a message to the criminals and gang members among 
Kinshasa's 20-30,000 estimated homeless of the consequences 
of participating in violence.  Unpaid farm labor and forced 
transfer to the interior of the country will not address the 
 
KINSHASA 00001753  002 OF 002 
 
 
real social issues that have given rise to the "shegue" 
problem, however.  Moreover, a number of previous attempts to 
relocate other "shegues" have met with failure as government 
funds ran out after a few days or weeks.  End comment. 
MEECE