Rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide to run for DR Congo senate seat
Nairobi, April 2 -- Popular Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Singer Koffi Olomide has declared interest in running for election to the Senate in the country.
He is due to stand in the province of Sud-Ubangi, in north-west Congo in the April 22 polls on behalf of the AFDC-A party.
Koffi Olomide, 67, whose real name is Antoine Abgepa, was appointed ambassador of Congolese culture by President Felix Tshisekedi in 2022.
For just over 10 years, Koffi has had ambitions to enter politics.
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He tried to get closer to the PPRD, Mr Joseph Kabila's party, during the former president's reign. He is currently a member of Bahati Lukwebo's AFDC-A, which belongs to Tshisekedi's coalition.
The singer who...
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