General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people.
Media reports state that the boat capsized yesterday as it was transporting passengers and goods along the Kasai River, a tributary of the Congo River, from the town of Mushie to Kinshasa, the national capital. There are indications that the boat was overloaded.
Many Congolese travel by boat, even when the vessel is overcrowded, as the country has few functioning roads and railways.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Assembly President Ali Treki described the news of the capsizing as shocking and he offered his condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and Government of the DRC.
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Oh! My God, why is it so? Why only us are loosing? We are finish! We are dying in mass and in many ways! How? On the 2nd we report more than 200 people dead (bunt) in Sange/south-kivu province, we just loose our General YERMOS LUKOLE In Johannesburg Hospital on 24/07/2010 who is not yet buried, to day we come to report the big lose of 140 taken by the water, and the war is continuously killing us!!! I understand the situation, and would ask for the Government to focus their eyes upon the Roads, Railways, airports,... in order to make sure that those kinds of accidents are cured because, according to the reports it seems that the accident of 2/july/2010, is due to the lack of a good road as well as the one of Kasai. Pls, We need people, because they are our tomorrow's leaders. I am Frère ASENDE ELOCO ASEL, President of FIZI-ITOMBWE MUTUAL GROUP IN PRETORIA. May God Restore their souls in peace. Amen.
It's hard to hear such a news coming out from Africa. Eventhough all of them might not be recover, We're hope their lives will rest in everlasting peace.