Vital Kamerhe, the Chief of staff to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President has been sentenced to 20 years in Prison for embezzlement.
The presiding judge, Pierrot Bankenge Mvita, at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s high court on Saturday found the president’s chief of staff guilty of embezzling $48 million in public funds and sentenced him to 20 years in jail.
Kamerhe is the most senior politician to face trial for graft in Congo, where high-level corruption is endemic.
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