“Money. Power. Accountability.”
Kanyaka — La Quinzaine
UNIS's fortnightly investigation into governance, corruption, public finance and financial flows in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Frequency
- One issue every two weeks
- Publisher
- UNIS, a member of the Le Congo n'est pas à vendre (CNPAV) coalition
- Formats
- Phone-friendly reading and A4 PDF, the reference edition, in French — plus an English summary of No. 01 in the same two formats
The latest issue
No. 01 · September 2026
Public procurement · Council of State · Digital sovereignty
Number plates in the DRC
From a promised reform to unexplained prices: $128 reported at the counter, up to $900 reported by motorists. Kanyaka traces the contract, the money and the digital platform behind the DRC's new vehicle registration system.
Right of reply sent to the parties named · Sources cited for every statement · Last checked:
French edition: mobile PDF, 270 KB · A4 PDF, 690 KB
English summary for printing: A4 PDF, 182 KB
When citing, use the page numbers of the French A4 edition, the reference version.
In this issue
From established fact to unverified announcement
- The essentialsThe essentials in 90 seconds
- Kanyaka DataFrom factory to counter: six steps, six levels of certainty
- Kanyaka InvestigationFrom six prequalified bidders to a single contractor
- Kanyaka QuestionsNine questions from UNIS to the Minister of Finance
- Kanyaka AnalysisA legitimate reform, a contract that raises questions
- Follow-upKanyaka Tracker
- RecommendationsSixteen recommendations, addressed to four groups of actors
Why Kanyaka?
The news is the starting point, not the story.
Every two weeks, Kanyaka takes a public contract, a decision or a flow of public money in the DRC and traces it piece by piece: what the documents establish, what has only been stated or announced, and what cannot be found. Every case it opens is then followed in the Kanyaka Tracker until it is resolved.
An accusation is never presented as an established fact, and every party named is approached for comment before publication.
Kanyaka — La Quinzaine and Afrika Sika apply the UNIS method.
- Established
Confirmed by a primary source or independent corroboration. - Stated
Reported by a named source, not corroborated by Kanyaka. - Announced
Announced publicly, without documentary confirmation. - Analysis
Kanyaka's/UNIS's own interpretation. - Not available
No public document identified.
Kanyaka Tracker
The cases we follow
| Case | Status | Checked on | Still to be established |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Castillo Valere BV contract (with annexes) | Not available | 24.09.2026 | No full publication identified in public sources. |
| Breakdown of the $128 collected (Treasury/supplier/bank) | Not available | 24.09.2026 | No official schedule published linking the fee to its beneficiaries. |
| Revenue actually received by the Treasury | Not available | 24.09.2026 | CDF 5.15bn forecast in the 2026 budget; actual execution not published. |
| Investigation into payments of $350–900 (Limete) | Ongoing | 24.09.2026 | No official response identified since the investigation of 23.09.2026; Kanyaka is still verifying how widespread the practice is. |
| State–Valornet litigation (Kinshasa-Gombe High Court); Valornet's legal form | Ongoing | 26.09.2026 | First hearing held on 22.07.2026. Judgment still not delivered; August 2026 PPP deadline passed without public announcement. |
| Membership and use of funds of the Monitoring Committee (order no. 074/2025) | Not available | 24.09.2026 | Neither its membership nor any report on the use of insurance premiums has been published. |
| Compliance with PPP decree no. 23/38; bank charges ($4 or $12?) | Ongoing | 24.09.2026 | Breaches alleged by CNPAV; questions put by UNIS to the minister; no ministerial response identified. |
| What became of Ray Group and Immo Serkas & Mühlbauer after April 2024 | Not available | 24.09.2026 | No public explanation of their withdrawal from the final contract. |
| Origin and traceability of the $3m advance paid to Castillo Valere | Not available | 24.09.2026 | Source of Castillo Service RDC's funding not identified. |
| Sovereign transfer of the vehicle fleet database (≈3m vehicles) | Not available | 24.09.2026 | Ultimatum of 25.05.2026 expired with no confirmed transfer. |
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