INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AT UNIKIN: ROOM 6, NAMED AFTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA, INAUGURATED
Completely refurbished and modernised by Julien Paluku Kahongya, Minister for Foreign Trade, Room 6 of the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences at the University of Kinshasa, now named the Julien Paluku Kahongya Room, was inaugurated on Saturday 7 November 2026 on the ‘Inspired Hill’, in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor, the Deans of various faculties, professors, researchers and students, who were delighted by this gesture of generosity.
The benefactor officially handed over the keys to the Rector of UNiKIN, Professor Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba, and on this occasion stated that science must play a part in the formulation of public policies to improve governance in the DRC.
In his speech, the Vice-Chancellor of UNIKIN praised the Minister for Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, for this gesture, which forms part of the policy to modernise infrastructure at this alma mater, whilst calling on the Minister to continue supporting the modernisation and fitting out of the premises of other faculties and to act as an ambassador for this university to the Government
Similarly, Professors Mambi Ntunga Bau and Justin Beya Mulumba, respectively Dean of the said faculty and Head of the Department of Political and Administrative Sciences, congratulated Julien Paluku Kahongya, who is currently a PhD student in Political and Administrative Sciences at the University of Kinshasa.
