Citizen Services
CITIZEN SERVICES
To govern is to direct and manage the public affairs of a country or a people. Consequently, to govern is also to render services to this people.
The CUSN has identified the basic necessities services which constitute a legitimate right to every citizen of our country which are the primary needs: food security, habitat-sanitation, water, health, education and electricity.
Secondary needs are transport and telecommunications infrastructure.
FOOD SAFETY
With its exceptional agri-food potential and millions of hectares of arable land, the DC displays food self-sufficiency on paper, the country can produce enough food to feed its entire population. But in practice what happens?
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Many families are unable to secure sufficient amounts of food in advance to ensure everyone's nutritional needs and adequate growth of children without giving up other basic needs. To survive, our fellow citizens have to rely on food aid and the compassion of many NGOs that we salute.
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It is true that insecurity is among the factors in this food shortage because fleeing and unstable families do not take care of their fields.
As in other areas, the people have been left to their own devices, without an agricultural production policy, the Congolese only cultivate food crops, small farmers, small fishermen who cannot meet the demand. To make up the shortfall they have to import everything from cassava flour to frozen poison.
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To ensure food self-sufficiency, an awareness program will be put in place; people, especially in rural areas, must learn food preservation and storage techniques in order to avoid waste.
In our country, women are almost exclusively responsible for the feeding of their respective families, on this, they must be educated and instructed on how to ensure good nutrition for themselves and their families.
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I must make the DRC a producer and exporter of food by massive investments in agriculture, livestock, fishing, hunting (responsible by rationalizing captures) and gathering. It is not enough to produce, it is also necessary to transform and transport, hence the need to improve the infrastructures to evacuate the products to the centers of consumption, Housing and sanitation sector.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has an area of 2,344,805 km? with a population of 80,000,000 of which 1/10 lives in the city of Kinshasa alone. When building Léopoldville in the 19th century, the settlers had not planned an infrastructure capable of supporting the demographic growth that Kinshasa was experiencing today.
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People emigrated to the city in search of the minimum comfort due to the infrastructure found there. But most of these urban households are overcrowded and unsanitary. Indeed, many households do not even have a toilet and throw their garbage in the street.
To remedy this, CUSN proposes:
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Develop a policy to open up rural areas by providing them with infrastructure to reduce their disparities with urban centres.
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Establish and enforce a rational occupation of spaces and any new construction of houses must comply with basic hygienic and environmental standards, Stop anarchic constructions.
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Sensitize, mobilize and educate the population on sanitation and hygiene.
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Study an adequate and adapted sewage system to accommodate the thousands of families who live in extremely unsanitary conditions.
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Create and redevelop green spaces and leave in urban centers.
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Build social housing in major urban centers with the aim of making decent housing available at a lower cost.
WATER SECTOR
Water is one of the most precious elements for life. Fortunately, the Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the largest freshwater reserves on the planet, with a reservoir of 16% of drinking water in Africa.
In fact, the DC is one of the countries on earth with the most rivers, be it the Congo River, the second in Africa after the Nile by its length, the second most powerful in the world by its flow after the Amazon. We should also mention the Ruzizi River, the Kasai, the Inkisi, Lake Mai - Ndombe, Lake Kivu, etc.
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Despite this abundance of water, recent studies show that only less than a quarter (26%) of the population has access to drinking water and there is no indication that there will be an improvement in the near future.
Due to the deterioration of equipment and the lack of maintenance, the services in charge of water treatment and distribution are not keeping up with the rapid rate of population growth.
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The CUSN subscribes to the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations which recognizes the right to drinking water as a fundamental right to which 100% of Congolese are entitled to address the growing shortfall in clean water supply, CUSN plans to:
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Drill boreholes, especially in rural areas.
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Equip and increase the treatment capacity of water treatment plants.
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Channel surface water to households after treatment.
HEALTH SECTOR
A population in good physical, mental and social health produces a lot and better ensures the economic growth of its country.
The CUS believes that the well-being of a people has a positive impact on the economy, the development and the future of a country. However, for decades, nothing has been done to improve the conditions of this essential raw material that is the people for the economic development of our dear country. According to a report by the World Health Organization, WHO, the density of hospital beds is 0.8 beds / 1000 people, which places the DC at 158°m out of 196 countries in the world.
CUSN is aware of the remedial work to be done in this area. That is why, once in power, he will implement: A Universal Health Regime, which involves:
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Free physical and mental health care services to all Congolese;
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An intensive childhood vaccination program to eradicate diseases, such as poliomyelitis, measles, tuberculosis, etc.
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Control of infectious and parasitic diseases, such as malaria, yellow fever, schistosomiasis (bilharziasis), trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), etc.
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Orderly care of people with chronic illnesses,
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AIDS, tuberculosis, leprosy, etc.
In order to improve health services, we will strengthen professional capacities through internships and mobile training in certain specialties adapted to rural medicine.
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Given the scope and size of our country, the use of mobile doctors and/or nurses will be necessary to reach the most remote corners.
CUSN is committed to increasing health coverage by building health centers in each town and village where the number of the population requires it, which will also facilitate access to local health care and the decongestion of hospitals.
EDUCATION SECTOR
A government that gives its population free access to education ipso facto increases the economy of its country. You cannot develop a country without developing the knowledge, the knowledge of its population. This is called: “knowledge economy”
However, according to UNESCO, the literacy rate in the DRC follows a downward slope year after year and the number of illiterates would reach 40%. That is to say that almost half of the Congolese are illiterate. The causes are many, but the most important are the lack of appropriate investment in school infrastructure and the mistreatment of teaching staff.
This lack of investment in education has resulted in the depreciation of the quality and efficiency of the system itself, resulting in the production of diplomas that do not meet the demand of the local market.
The CUSN is aware that the human resource is the first and most important capital of the development of our country. This is why it is committed to ensuring free primary and compulsory secondary education for all children in the Congo.
To materialize its vision, the CUS proposes the following path in the education system:
KINDERGARTEN OR PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
Kindergarten or preschool education is optional and is provided by private institutions, but accredited by the government. It is the parents of the child who decide whether to send the child to kindergarten or not. At this level, children learn to socialize through play.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL EDUCATION
Primary and secondary education will be free and compulsory. It will be dispensed in public and/or private institutions, but always accredited by the government. Any parent who does not send his child to school commits an offense against the overall development of his child and that of the country. Consequently, it will be followed by the law which will be put in place in this matter.
The primary level will serve to instill in children, from an early age, the republican values that they will keep all their lives: love of others, non-violence, civic-mindedness and solidarity.
The secondary level will serve to prepare young adults to face the real challenges of life. To sharpen their sense of judgment the school curriculum will contain the normal lessons, but the emphasis should be on:
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New technologies.
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The story of Africa.
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Colonization.
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The evils of corruption.
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Respect for the environment as a legacy for future generations.
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Africa's place in the world.
In other words, young people must understand that Africa's underdevelopment is not inevitable but a consequence of human actions.
UNIVERSITY LEVEL EDUCATION
Education at the university level will be done in public or private institutions, however, the choice of program will be made according to the skills or abilities of the student.
Our government will place particular emphasis on university training to provide the DRC with a qualified and diversified workforce focused on research and innovation.
With regard to scientific discovery and renovation, the CUSN government encourages research projects in all fields, importance will be given to p in certain specific fields, such as development and environment, health, agriculture , education, technology, economy, security.
To encourage student performance and excellence, CUSN is prepared to review and reintroduce the scholarship system to deserving students.
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
The lack of small and medium-sized businesses in DC is partly due to the lack of a specific workforce suited to today's jobs. To encourage citizens to create businesses and fight unemployment and poverty, emphasis must be placed on developing skills and know-how in vocational training centres. The location of these centers will be determined by the needs of the local market with the aim of filling jobs in carpentry, fishing, mining, construction, mechanics which are jobs in high demand in the informal sector of the economy.
ADULT TRAINING SCHOOL
The lack of instruction and education prevents people from knowing their rights and greatly limits obtaining work. Also, less educated people find it difficult to properly manage their production and thus become vulnerable to monetary, sociological and psychological poverty. To combat this scourge, the CUSN will set up a National Read-Write Program (PNLE) with three different pathways:
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Literacy program designed for adults who cannot read or write.
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Academic remedial program, as the name suggests, is a program for people who want to complete their schooling.
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Trades training, including crafts, cutting and sewing, construction, carpentry, gardening, animal husbandry, etc.
The PNLE aims to lower the illiteracy rate, especially in the countryside, and also to improve the income and social well-being of many families.
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
The Democratic Republic of Congo has immense energy reserves and renewable energies such as biomass, wind, solar, oil, biofuel, biogas, etc.
Indeed, studies show that the DC has an energy potential that can supply electricity to three quarters of the African continent.
Despite these electrical potentials of the DC, the national electrification rate is currently 9%, and only 1% if we only take into account the rural world which has more than 75% of the population. In addition, the country is experiencing a recurring problem of load shedding which greatly harms the economy and the basic services offered to the population.
The Congo is vast, towns and villages are thousands of kilometers apart from each other, basic infrastructure such as roads to facilitate interconnections is dilapidated or non-existent.
The energy sector requires major works that require large economic, human and material investments, unfortunately the current context does not attract private investors who can finance the realization of major electrification works.
Aware that the Congo cannot develop alone, it is imperative to profoundly restructure state services, a guarantee of credibility and confidence vis-à-vis development partners and private investors. Laws must be changed, bureaucracy simplified to attract and encourage investment.
CUSN' commits to:
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Set up a National Agency for Electrification for All: A.N.E.T whose main mission will be regulation, planning with the aim of expanding access to electricity throughout the country
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Revalorize alternative energies and build micro-power plants for communities and agglomerations far from hydroelectric power plants or interconnection lines
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Electrify public places in towns, parks and roads.
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
Our country is one of the largest in the world, the distances between cities are often several hundred kilometres. However, the current road and maritime, river or lake network does not exceed 173,777 km and dates from the 1900s, donated before independence. Such as the Matadi-Kinshasa road section, 365 km long with 1.067 m gauge, which was built in 1931. The Kindu-Kongolo line built between 1907-1910 and has 355 km. The Kalundu-Kamanyola line with a gauge of 1.06m built in 1931.
This transport network was designed and served to evacuate raw materials to the metropolis. Since then, nothing has been done to adapt it to the needs of the population. However, we cannot aspire to greater economic prosperity without adequate means of transport and communication.
In this 21st century, which is that of science and technology, all development planning calls for the use of the communication network and telecommunication services. Transport is the only way to connect and bring producers into contact with consumers; communication, on the other hand, allows and facilitates exchanges between the two.
Today, information and telecommunications are revolutionizing society and the economy. Radio, television, fax, internet which are the tools that condition our way of life, also condition economic activities and competition.
TRANSPORTATION
THE COMMUNICATIONS
In order to increase the mobility of people, goods and merchandise, we are going to redo and trace an Inter-Congo Router Network (RRIC) in order to connect the major cities of the country and make the connection with neighboring countries. Because the one integrated in the colonial era is no longer adapted to today's economic context or to the needs of the populations.
Telecommunication infrastructures are important tools for attracting investors. In this area, our party has set itself the objective of:
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The return to service of Poste-Congo enhanced related services, such as internet, telephony and banking services. Banking services to serve as a point of payment for civil servants' salaries and for other banking transactions.
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Regularize telephony services and grant operating permits only to companies capable of offering a quality and reliable service throughout the national territory.
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Make available to Radio and National Television the means to open antennas in all regions of the national territory to bring out their diversity.