DR Congo: Kakobola dam to be completed in December

The delayed 9.3MW Kakobola dam on the Lukufu River in Bandundu province should be completed in December, enabling President Joseph Kabila to inaugurate it by year-end, minister of energy and water resources Jeannot Matadi Nenga said on 28 July. Local sources say the project has been held up by the theft of 10km of cables, as well as a delay by the Congolese government in disbursing its contribution to the $55m project.