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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA GIVES GUIDELINES TO NEW LEADERS OF THE CONGOLESE CONTROL OFFICE-OCC

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Strengthening consumer protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the competitiveness of products made in DRC on the world market, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, gave this Monday, June 8, 2026 in Kinshasa, guidelines to the new management staff of the Congolese Control Office-OCC headed by Patrice Nowa Lelo, Pierre Lohohola Osomba and Christelle Muabilu, respectively Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Manager and Deputy General Director of this technical and scientific organization whose mission is to control the conformity, quality and quantity of everything that enters and leaves the DRC.
The Minister of Foreign Trade insisted on the intensification of the construction and modernization of certified ultra-modern laboratories, the strengthening of staff capacities, the improvement of working conditions, the fight against corruption and the draining of public revenues, and the rationalization of grades and recruitment, in accordance with the real needs of the office, as well as strict compliance with the texts which govern Public Establishments in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in addition to total cohesion between the Board of Directors and Management. General

In front of the press, the new Director General of the OCC, Pierre Lohohola Osomba, promised to apply the instructions and guidelines of the supervision, but also to contribute his expertise as President of the chemists of the DRC, to promote the Congolese Control Office which must play a major role in promoting exports of products made in DRC on the world market

Note that the members of the Board of Directors and General Management will be installed this Tuesday, June 9, 2026.