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[00:00:00] Thanks to the regained peace, our
[00:00:04] common heritage, development can now
[00:00:07] take its full place.
[00:00:11] The societal project that is yours,
[00:00:15] namely, accelerating the march towards
[00:00:18] His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of development, finds here and
[00:00:21] now a concrete
[00:00:24] illustration with
[00:00:26] the electrification of our districts.
[00:00:31] This constitutes a historic
[00:00:32] event,
[00:00:35] indeed, for decades,
[00:00:38] the populations
[00:00:41] of these localities
[00:00:44] have waited for the arrival of these
[00:00:47] essential infrastructure for the provision of water and
[00:00:51] electricity.
[00:00:53] Today, thanks to your firm
[00:00:56] will, a concrete response
[00:01:00] has been
[00:01:02] Boko, the Minister of Energy and provided and the pool, let's say it, has just
[00:01:06] gained a neighborhood, access to
[00:01:08] electricity, opens the way to new
[00:01:12] economic perspectives,
[00:01:15] it favors very small,
[00:01:18] small and medium-sized enterprises, it
[00:01:21] improves health and
[00:01:24] act, revealing the
[00:01:26] who embodies the permanence of education services,
[00:01:27] the State, the stability of strengthens security
[00:01:31] and contributes significantly to the well-being and
[00:01:33] fulfillment of
[00:01:36] Republic, Head of the populations. The technical characteristics of the project were
[00:01:39] highlighted by the Director-General
[00:01:42] moreover, testifies to for Major Works, Oscar Otoka. The
[00:01:45] in charge of, that of need to connect the
[00:01:46] energy and other district capitals, like Boko,
[00:01:50] Luingi, Lumo and
[00:01:52] the banks of Ngomatche, to 2026 by the head of modernity has been
[00:01:54] defined in application of the presidential
[00:01:57] program to accelerate the... march towards
[00:02:01] development, the energy boulevard,
[00:02:04] with its production capacity which today borders
[00:02:07] on 795 MW,
[00:02:10] even though we are experiencing deficiencies,
[00:02:14] there are advances
[00:02:17] that confirm the state's commitment to achieving sustainable
[00:02:21] development goals, aiming to serve the largest
[00:02:25] number of our localities,
[00:02:28] this is the whole meaning of... electrification of rural
[00:02:31] communities, included in the accelerated municipalization
[00:02:35] program of
[00:02:36] tailored for the job departments,
[00:02:38] market. Choose sequenced in time, of which many localities have benefited
[00:02:42] through thermal power
[00:02:44] plant construction projects, dependent ips to the factor of a
[00:02:47] non- perpetual ingredient,
[00:02:51] diesel, whose random availability
[00:02:54] dictates an hourly operating slot which limits the
[00:02:58] Republic and Head of full access to electrical
[00:03:00] energy. It should also be stressed
[00:03:04] that the modernization of the hinterland,
[00:03:06] a guarantee of improved living conditions for the population,
[00:03:10] is based on the dynamic of opening up localities to the
[00:03:13] world through connectivity infrastructure that
[00:03:17] relies heavily on
[00:03:20] Minister of Energy and electrical energy and is sustainable. The
[00:03:22] Minister of Energy and Hydraulics, Bruno Jean-Richard Ettou,
[00:03:26] from the outset of his speech, paid tribute to the head of
[00:03:30] state for his vision for the development of Congo.
[00:03:33] Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic, Head of State, your
[00:03:37] presence among us here today in Boko testifies once
[00:03:40] again to your personal and
[00:03:43] constant commitment to the balanced development of our
[00:03:46] national territory and to your desire not to leave any
[00:03:50] locality, however isolated
[00:03:54] all other sectors of it may be, behind progress.
[00:03:57] It also and above all testifies to the
[00:03:59] the increase in the production capacity of consistency with which you lead
[00:04:01] the vision you have set for
[00:04:04] vision of accelerating our country, through your societal project
[00:04:07] entitled "Accelerating the March Towards
[00:04:09] Development" and on the basis of which you were brilliantly
[00:04:13] re-elected to the highest office by the Congolese people
[00:04:17] last March.
[00:04:21] line as part of Each electric
[00:04:22] the so-called "friendship pole planted on the Kinkala, Luigi, Lumo,
[00:04:25] Boko axis, each kilometer of medium and low
[00:04:29] voltage lines deployed is a concrete,
[00:04:33] tangible translation of this presidential vision on the
[00:04:37] ground, closest to the people,
[00:04:41] closest to their needs and expectations, with a view to
[00:04:44] improving their well-being. Distinguished
[00:04:47] guests, ladies and gentlemen, we are in fact celebrating here
[00:04:51] the culmination of a vision, that of a
[00:04:54] Congo where energy, the development water,
[00:04:58] are no longer the prerogative of only large urban
[00:05:01] centers, but are extending to every corner of our country
[00:05:05] inexorably.
[00:05:08] Thanks to the construction of medium voltage lines from Kinkala, the
[00:05:11] populations of...
[00:05:15] are now connected to the national electricity
[00:05:18] grid, this project, sometimes,
[00:05:22] it must be said, carried out on the personal
[00:05:25] instruction, I will not say more, of
[00:05:31] State, is in line with the national
[00:05:34] policy of rural and peri-
[00:05:38] urban electrification whose ambition is
[00:05:40] now to guarantee universal access,
[00:05:44] that is to say to everyone, to all Congolese, this is now our
[00:05:47] ambition, to
[00:05:50] universal electricity,
[00:05:53] pardon, throughout the national
[00:05:55] territory, including in the
[00:05:59] most remote areas of our country. Bruno Jean-Richard
[00:06:02] Ettou also highlighted the merits of
[00:06:06] this project. Here in Boko, the event we are celebrating
[00:06:09] today, we have said, is a real
[00:06:13] celebration, but a double celebration. To
[00:06:15] the electricity that is now reaching
[00:06:18] these homes is added another equally
[00:06:22] essential achievement, drinking water. I am
[00:06:25] happy to announce after the Director-General,
[00:06:28] that the drinking water supply
[00:06:32] infrastructure built in Boko currently
[00:06:35] serves the entire locality.
[00:06:37] Energy and drinking water, these are the two
[00:06:41] pillars on which the well-being of our
[00:06:43] populations depends, and this
[00:06:46] is precisely the double mission that the head of state, I would
[00:06:50] say the double and heavy mission, has entrusted to the
[00:06:54] ministry that I am now
[00:06:58] hydraulics. Distinguished guests, ladies and
[00:07:01] gentlemen, electricity is not a
[00:07:04] luxury, it is a fundamental lever of
[00:07:08] human and economic development, and I will
[00:07:11] say it later. Mr. Prefect, where there is permanent
[00:07:15] electricity, students can study after
[00:07:18] nightfall and see their academic results
[00:07:22] improve. Health centers can store
[00:07:26] vaccines and medicines in good conditions and
[00:07:29] also operate at night to save
[00:07:32] lives. Artisans, traders, small
[00:07:36] and medium-sized enterprises can
[00:07:38] develop new income-generating activities.
[00:07:42] and employment, households finally access
[00:07:45] the comfort and security provided by
[00:07:49] domestic and public lighting,
[00:07:53] but above all, it is an entire youth that regains
[00:07:56] the hope of staying, building,
[00:08:00] and flourishing on the land of their ancestors, without being
[00:08:04] forced into exodus to large cities,
[00:08:08] Your Excellency, Mr. President of the
[00:08:10] State, it is therefore much more than an electrical network that
[00:08:14] you are inaugurating today, it is a promise of a bright
[00:08:18] future for the populations of Boko, Luigi, Loumo and
[00:08:22] Gomatse, for the populations of the Pool department
[00:08:26] in general, and through them for the populations
[00:08:29] of our country. The
[00:08:32] Hydraulics also called on the
[00:08:35] populations to preserve the achievements. I would like to
[00:08:39] humbly invite you
[00:08:41] to make responsible use of it,
[00:08:45] to protect the facilities that are now entrusted to you and
[00:08:49] to fully appropriate these development tools
[00:08:53] to derive the best profit for yourselves, for your
[00:08:56] children and for future generations. The
[00:08:59] Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, for its part, will remain
[00:09:03] fully mobilized alongside
[00:09:07] national life, to continue and intensify
[00:09:10] the national electrification program, in line with the presidential
[00:09:16] the march towards development, so that more
[00:09:19] localities throughout the national
[00:09:22] territory will in turn benefit from
[00:09:25] this essential advance, but above all, yes, Mr. delegates, you are right to
[00:09:29] ensure its sustainability. After the series of
[00:09:32] speeches and the ritual performed by the
[00:09:36] holders of ancestral power,
[00:09:38] President Denis Sassou Nguesso proceeded to connect the...
[00:09:46] to the great satisfaction of
[00:09:47] the populations,
[00:09:50] today's man is Papa Sasu,
[00:09:53] decidedly for the development
[00:09:56] of a locality, the most important
[00:09:59] thing is water, the
[00:10:03] second is electricity, I am very
[00:10:06] satisfied, because
[00:10:08] electricity when...
[00:10:55] but without electricity, we can't
[00:10:57] watch that match. July 17, 2026, Head of
[00:11:01] State Denis Sassou Nguesso headed for
[00:11:04] Mossaka, capital of the Cuvette department,
[00:11:08] driven by the desire to provide permanent electricity to the
[00:11:12] populations, hence the gratitude of the inhabitants of this
[00:11:15] locality, expressed by the sub-prefect. There are
[00:11:19] days that are recorded in the calendar, and
[00:11:22] there are days that are recorded in history.
[00:11:25] Today Mossaka is not experiencing
[00:11:28] a simple official visit. Today Mossaka
[00:11:32] is writing a page of its
[00:11:34] destiny. By welcoming your
[00:11:38] Excellency, it is an entire department that stands
[00:11:41] united in gratitude,
[00:11:45] animated by hope and proud to welcome the one
[00:11:52] the nation and the continuity of the
[00:11:55] Republic. On behalf of the sons and daughters of the districts of
[00:11:58] Mossaka, Lukolela, Liranga and Bokoma,
[00:12:02] I have the great honor to wish you the most
[00:12:05] warm, the most fraternal and the most
[00:12:08] loyal welcome to the hospitable land of
[00:12:12] the Cuvette department. Your Excellency,
[00:12:15] Mr. President of the Republic, this land is
[00:12:19] unique. Here, water is not an
[00:12:22] obstacle, it is a path
[00:12:25] of encounter, exchange and fraternity.
[00:12:29] Here, water is not only a richness, it
[00:12:32] is a culture, an identity and a
[00:12:35] memory. Here, each sunrise
[00:12:38] over the Congo, the Ubangi, the Lema and the Sangha
[00:12:42] reminds us that our department is a natural
[00:12:45] crossroads, where the history, economy and
[00:12:49] hope of the Congo meet. Your presence today has
[00:12:52] an exceptional significance.
[00:12:56] You are the first President of the Republic to officially
[00:12:59] set foot on this land since the creation of the Cuvette
[00:13:03] department. This privilege will now be part
[00:13:06] of our historical heritage. Future
[00:13:09] generations will remember that at a time when
[00:13:13] everything remained to be built, you came to see, listen,
[00:13:17] encourage and build.
[00:13:20] Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic, you
[00:13:22] have often stated that... development only
[00:13:26] makes sense when it concretely improves the
[00:13:29] living conditions of the populations. The
[00:13:32] Director General of Major Works took on the
[00:13:35] duty of presenting the technical characteristics of the
[00:13:38] project. Ladies and gentlemen, energy
[00:13:42] sovereignty,
[00:13:44] a catalyst and vector of the economic and social development of the
[00:13:47] Republic, implies a fortiori an energy
[00:13:51] transition aimed at the development of an interconnected
[00:13:55] national network extended to rural
[00:13:57] areas with the aim of promoting a significant
[00:14:01] and enriched ramification of the energy
[00:14:05] boulevard infrastructure, the government of the Republic
[00:14:09] during the year 2012
[00:14:11] undertook to elaborate an electrification
[00:14:14] program for rural communities as part of a
[00:14:18] strategic partnership project supported and
[00:14:21] financed by the Export-Import Bank of India.
[00:14:26] With the support of the national company EDC, 10
[00:14:30] lines under this program have been put into service, namely:
[00:14:33] savoir
[00:14:34] Lutete-Fouati,
[00:14:37] Fouati Bokosongo, Mongokamba, Inda and
[00:14:41] Longu, Bwanasa Yamba,
[00:14:44] Mukukulu Maye, Maye
[00:14:47] Cibiti, Jombala Lekana, Gomboma
[00:14:51] Hongoni, Olombo, Abala.
[00:14:55] The most recent electricity transmission axes built under
[00:14:59] this program are
[00:15:03] and Oyo Mossaka,
[00:15:06] 17 km of 30 kV network where the
[00:15:10] source substation is located in Boonji, with
[00:15:13] major obstacles: crossing the Lema River and 8
[00:15:17] km of gallery forest were enough
[00:15:20] to connect to the energy
[00:15:22] boulevard. A passable
[00:15:26] track opened along the line's
[00:15:29] route now allows this district
[00:15:32] capital, formerly more than isolated,
[00:15:35] to have a view of... the Lema in 20 minutes
[00:15:39] by road,
[00:15:42] with a linear length
[00:15:44] of 99.89
[00:15:46] km, the 110 kV Oyo
[00:15:50] Mossaka electricity transmission
[00:15:52] line follows a more or less straight trajectory in its first section
[00:15:56] to the village of Boumioko,
[00:15:58] then dictated by the environmental priority of the swampy
[00:16:02] area, the route goes up 100
[00:16:05] degrees to the northeast.
[00:16:09] Starting from the existing substation in
[00:16:11] Oyo, the power line runs along the Oyo
[00:16:15] Tchikapika road, then takes the direction of the villages of Obessi and
[00:16:18] Bokombo, then continues a critical path
[00:16:22] sought for balance between Lake Ibée to
[00:16:25] the east, and Mbanza to the west before reaching
[00:16:29] the Congo River to cross the Singolon Canal and
[00:16:33] Mossaka here at the site where we
[00:16:36] are. In
[00:16:39] Hydraulics, Bruno Jean Richard Ettou, did not fail to
[00:16:43] appreciate the efforts of the Head of State Denis Sassou Nguesso for the
[00:16:46] development of Congo. It is therefore with great
[00:16:50] emotion and a deep feeling of accomplishment, on behalf of the
[00:16:53] government, that I stand before you to celebrate a structuring,
[00:16:57] awaited, hope-inspiring
[00:17:01] political vision that guides our country,
[00:17:05] namely the commissioning of the electricity network of the city of
[00:17:09] Mossaka.
[00:17:11] Your Excellency, Mr. President of the
[00:17:13] State, your long-awaited
[00:17:16] presence here,
[00:17:19] the importance you attach, once again, to the balanced development
[00:17:23] of your country, to territorial
[00:17:25] justice, to social equity, to the
[00:17:29] modernization of our energy infrastructure,
[00:17:33] an undeniable guarantee of social progress and economic
[00:17:36] acceleration. You had made a promise to the
[00:17:40] people of Mossaka and in accordance with your personal
[00:17:43] and political code of honor, you
[00:17:46] have once again matched deeds with
[00:17:48] words. This awaited and hoped for
[00:17:52] moment is first and foremost the expression of a firm political
[00:17:56] will, a constant commitment, a long-
[00:17:59] term vision, which you embody with consistency
[00:18:03] and determination. It embodies once again
[00:18:06] your political pugnacity and your
[00:18:10] faithfulness to your commitments. Distinguished guests, ladies and
[00:18:13] gentlemen, for years, the city of Mossaka was supplied
[00:18:16] by generators, with all the
[00:18:19] limitations that this entails, notably the low power
[00:18:23] generation capacity, the discontinuity of service,
[00:18:26] the high operating costs and the impossibility of
[00:18:30] meeting the growing needs of a rapidly expanding
[00:18:33] city. From now on, thanks to the construction of the substation and
[00:18:38] its connection to the national interconnected network, Mossaka
[00:18:41] has taken a decisive step characterized by a continuous
[00:18:45] and good quality supply, increased
[00:18:49] capacity for households, businesses and social
[00:18:52] services to enter into a sustainable operating
[00:18:55] timeframe, a new dynamic for the economic,
[00:18:58] administrative and social
[00:19:02] Jean-Richard Ettou took the opportunity to inform the audience that
[00:19:06] this project is not the result
[00:19:09] of spontaneous generation, before recalling Congo's ambitions in
[00:19:13] the field of energy, thanks to the
[00:19:16] construction of well- known hydroelectric
[00:19:20] dams, particularly Sounda,
[00:19:23] emblematic dams, Cholet on the border
[00:19:26] with Cameroon, dams on the Congo River, Mourala and
[00:19:30] Zampasse dams, through the construction of solar
[00:19:34] power plants, through
[00:19:37] Congo's electricity and through
[00:19:40] the construction of new gas power plants,
[00:19:44] it also aims to realize at least
[00:19:47] 100 km of additional power lines for the
[00:19:50] supply of electricity to the entire country, the
[00:19:53] construction of a new 400 kV high voltage
[00:19:59] loop" between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and our
[00:20:03] country. This also involves the
[00:20:06] modernization, digitalization,
[00:20:09] and digitization of the management of electricity transmission and distribution
[00:20:13] networks. This also happens,
[00:20:16] finally, from 2028, with the
[00:20:19] generalization of the use of smart meters after
[00:20:23] payment. This is
[00:20:26] an opportunity and we will not fail to
[00:20:29] do so, to thank His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou
[00:20:32] Nguesso, President of the Republic, Head of State
[00:20:36] and the entire government, for their constant efforts to
[00:20:39] modernize basic infrastructure for the
[00:20:43] well-being of the populations. It was after the series of
[00:20:47] speeches and the traditional ritual that
[00:20:50] President Denis Sassou Nguesso connected the city of
[00:20:54] Mossaka to the national electricity grid. 2 days after
[00:20:57] Mossaka, the sense of duty led the President of the
[00:21:01] Republic to Alembé in the Kénialima department
[00:21:05] on July 19, 2026.
[00:21:07] Objective: to make permanent electricity
[00:21:10] connected to the energy
[00:21:14] boulevard from Boonji available to the populations.
[00:21:17] Marked by formidable swamps, difficult
[00:21:21] to access, all reasons combined with the discomfort
[00:21:24] caused by the presence of vipers, pythons,
[00:21:28] alligators, hippopotamuses and other
[00:21:31] venomous reptiles and insects, not to mention the difficulties
[00:21:34] of supply, significantly slowed the
[00:21:37] pace of work, a hardship that increased
[00:21:40] during the opening operations of service
[00:21:43] tracks. Ladies and
[00:21:46] gentlemen, in the heart of the peat bogs
[00:21:50] and muddy areas, the earthmoving equipment used
[00:21:53] in situ materials to create linear
[00:21:56] platforms, consisting of peat and sandy
[00:22:00] clay soil of limited bearing capacity, dewatered to transport the
[00:22:04] equipment and materials indispensable for the erection of the
[00:22:06] pylons. From this operation not
[00:22:10] only arose longitudinal channels filled with water
[00:22:14] and sufficient sections allowing
[00:22:16] the mobility of motorized boats, but also
[00:22:20] a service track, although difficult to
[00:22:24] pass, now regularly used to
[00:22:27] serve the village of Boyengué where an important
[00:22:30] foreign
[00:22:33] market is developing. Boyengué,
[00:22:36] this village is located about 5 km from
[00:22:40] Bohoulou on the Landeku,
[00:22:43] a river once used by the very
[00:22:46] hot brothers and the French company of the Upper and Lower Congo.
[00:22:50] for the evacuation of palm oil produced in
[00:22:53] Boukweli. It is therefore
[00:22:56] evident that to cover this line of nearly 100
[00:22:59] km of the Oyo Mossaka
[00:23:02] power line, the company Valiante Power
[00:23:05] showed resilience forged in the fire of the
[00:23:09] diversity of the environment and prowess in the face of the titanic
[00:23:12] nature of the work. This presidential journey in
[00:23:16] three departments of Congo ended on a note of
[00:23:20] satisfaction since the election campaign
[00:23:23] until today,
[00:23:25] you see the mobilized
[00:23:28] people,
[00:23:31] and I believe that the people
[00:23:34] are not listening to the birds of ill omen
[00:23:38] and some detractors,
[00:23:42] especially those who speak from
[00:23:45] abroad,
[00:23:47] because the reality is here and... and the
[00:23:51] people live this reality every
[00:23:53] day, there is no doubt
[00:23:57] that the people will adhere,
[00:24:00] yes, they already adhere, they have expressed it through
[00:24:04] their vote, during the presidential
[00:24:07] elections, and the people
[00:24:10] will adhere to
[00:24:12] the vision we have
[00:24:15] to transform this
[00:24:18] country, I believe that...
[00:24:21] that if we can go from
[00:24:24] Pointe-Noire to Sanké
[00:24:28] and the Cameroon
[00:24:31] border by car, it is
[00:24:34] not a side story and these
[00:24:37] are concrete achievements, we were in
[00:24:41] Mossaka, yes and we cannot
[00:24:45] think that transporting
[00:24:48] electricity to Mossaka through
[00:24:51] the flooded forests
[00:24:55] was an easy exercise,
[00:24:59] it's pretty much the same exercise that we
[00:25:02] performed
[00:25:04] when we decided to build the
[00:25:08] Dongu road and Fondo and Peña, the
[00:25:11] muddy area, it's the same muddy
[00:25:13] area and
[00:25:15] here in Lembé as in
[00:25:19] Boko.
[00:25:23] We saw a mobilized
[00:25:27] people who believe in the project that was
[00:25:30] proposed to them during the elections, next August 5th
[00:25:34] we will launch in Bambou Mingali,
[00:25:38] the 2nd edition of the
[00:25:41] Great Agricultural Fair of Congo and there too, dear
[00:25:45] viewers, thus ends this issue of Under the
[00:25:48] Spotlights when... dedicated to the connection to the national
[00:25:52] electricity grid by the head of state Denis Sasungesu of the localities of
[00:25:56] Boco, Yingi, Gomatité in the Pool department, of
[00:26:00] Mosaka in the Congo Ubang department.