** Janga la Mwana wa Kabeya Sende: Tafakari juu ya jukumu la mamlaka katika enzi ya mitandao ya kijamii **
On April 4, 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo was shaken by a tragic event which aroused both indignation and legal issues of an unprecedented scope. The death of the Fiston police officer Kabeya Senda, beaten to death after trying to intercept a convoy of Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka, is not content to underline the existing tensions between public authority and the security of citizens; He especially questions the role and responsibility of the authorities in the chain of command, an increasingly relevant theme in a world where acts can be instantly filmed and disseminated on social networks.
** Tukio la kufunua katika muktadha wa kutoaminiana **
This drama, moreover filmed by witnesses and widely shared, reflects a complex social reality in which the police are sometimes found on the front line in situations with devastating consequences. Inaonyesha pia usumbufu mkubwa katika uhusiano kati ya utawala wa umma na raia. Katika mazingira ambayo ujasiri katika mamlaka huharibiwa, matukio kama haya yanaweza kuwasha tamaa na kuzidisha mvutano.
Kwa kweli, uzushi wa vurugu za polisi katika Afrika ndogo ya Sahar ni wasiwasi. Kulingana na Human Rights Watch, ripoti kadhaa zilizoanzia miaka ya hivi karibuni ya hati za unyanyasaji katika Corps ya Polisi kwenye bara hilo. In the case of the DRC, the tensions between the police and the population are not new and testify to a lack of training, supervision and respect for human rights within the police.
** Jukumu la jinai: Maswala na Mipaka **
As part of this case, the question of criminal responsibility of Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka, as well as her subordinates, is at the heart of the debates. If, as some lawyers support it, the theory of hierarchical authority could make the Prime Minister responsible for the acts of her subordinates, it is imperative to ask the question of collective responsibility within our institutions.
Kinga ya jinai inayopewa Waziri Mkuu, iliyohakikishwa na Kifungu cha 164 cha Katiba, pia inaleta changamoto kwa haki. Hii inazua mahojiano halali juu ya usawa kati ya ulinzi wa kitaasisi na haki. This last point deserves an expected reflection on the Congolese legal model where, beyond political offenses, the marginalization of common law offenses in the exercise of functions could absorb popular expectations of responsibility.
Kimataifa, mifano ya haki ya mpito imeonyesha njia ya nchi ambazo zimevuka shida kama hizo. Nchi kama Afrika Kusini, baada ya ubaguzi wa rangi, zimeunganisha mifumo ya kufikia ukarabati bila kuathiri uadilifu wa taasisi za kisiasa. Labda DRC inaweza kuzingatia mikutano kwa katiba yake ili kuruhusu jukumu lenye usawa zaidi, hata kwa viongozi wake.
** Kufikiria tena mfumo wa utawala katika umri wa dijiti **
Katika swing kamili ya mitandao ya kijamii, nguvu mpya inaibuka: shinikizo la umma ambalo halijawahi kufanywa ambalo linaweza kulazimisha taasisi kuwajibika. Majukwaa kama Facebook, X na Tiktok hayakuwa tu kama mfuko wa resonance kwa hasira maarufu, lakini pia wanawasiliana ukweli ambao ni ngumu kubishana. Video hizi ni mashuhuda wa ukweli ambao hupitisha hotuba rasmi na kuhoji uelekezaji wa mamlaka.
Kwa kuunganisha mwelekeo kama huo, taasisi za Kongo, haswa, zinaweza kufaidika na mageuzi ya mwelekeo yanayojumuisha haki shirikishi. Utendaji wa mitandao ya kijamii unaweza kutumika kuanzisha mazungumzo ya kujenga kati ya raia na mamlaka, kuunda vikao vya kushiriki uzoefu na mapambano, na kuimarisha jukumu la pamoja. Uwazi katika utumiaji wa nguvu ni muhimu kurejesha ujasiri, jambo muhimu katika utendaji wa hali ya kisasa.
** Hitimisho: Kuelekea demokrasia iliyoangaziwa **
Mchezo wa kuigiza wa Kabeya Senda sio tu janga la kibinafsi; Inawakilisha dosari zote za mfumo katika kutafuta uhalali na uwajibikaji. Wakati Korti ya Kijeshi ya Kinshasa/Gombe inajiandaa kuchunguza majukumu ya kibinafsi, ni muhimu kutopoteza kuona hitaji la mageuzi ya kimfumo. Hii lazima ni pamoja na uhakikisho wa kinga za kisiasa na mafunzo bora ya vikosi vya usalama.
Mwishowe, DRC lazima ichukue janga hili mbele ya maoni ya umma ili kujibadilisha, kuimarisha taasisi zake na kujenga demokrasia yenye kujenga kweli. Kwa kuondoa dhamana ya kujiamini kati ya mamlaka na watu, nchi inaweza kutoka inakua kutoka kwa shida mbaya, ikionyesha kuwa hata vitendo vyenye giza zaidi vinaweza kusababisha dhamiri ya pamoja iliyoangaziwa.