Provincial Veterinary Clinic Threatened by Sale of Plots on Its Kongo-Central Property

The Kongo-Central Provincial Veterinary Clinic risks losing its property as the YMCA progressively sells plots on the site. Boniface Phanzu, head of the Provincial Division of Fisheries and Livestock, says the sales are shrinking the clinic’s available space and is calling on provincial authorities to intervene. The parties concerned reportedly cite a sharing document allocating 60% of the property to the YMCA and 40% to the provincial government; Phanzu argues that public facilities should be protected and says YMCA rules may make its property inalienable. He proposes providing the YMCA with another site and reserving the remaining land for an INRB laboratory to monitor diseases transmissible between animals and humans.