Praise the Lord and pass the ballots.(News)

From: Pretoria News (South Africa) | Date: July 13, 2006 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Peta Thornycroft

Mwenze Kongolo went back to his roots, the church, when he launched his election campaign last Sunday.

Kongolo (46), who served as a cabinet minister in the present and previous administrations, kicked off his campaign in the main Pentecostal church near the centre of Lubumbashi, capital of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

That was where his father prayed for many years and where his burial ceremo...

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