Ebola funds: Joseph Bangakya calls for sanctions within the Haut-Uele elected officials’ caucus

National deputy Joseph Bangakya is calling for accountability within the Haut-Uele elected officials’ caucus over funds intended for community awareness about Bundibugyo Ebola. On October 12, he told the National Assembly that some deputies had shared the money as bonuses, describing it as mission expenses, although the governor had reportedly already covered travel and representation costs. In a statement on October 17, Bangakya asked when accountability and sanctions would follow. The controversy comes after a change in leadership of the Tshopo deputies’ caucus, where Professor Étienne Kitoko Lisombo is now serving as interim head.