Government promises in DRC: just 25% of April-December 2025 decisions translated into action

Kinshasa, June 2026 – A scathing monitoring report released this week reveals that only 25% of decisions made during government council meetings in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between April and December 2025 have been fully implemented. The findings, presented by civil society organizations with support from the Centre d’études pour l’action sociale (CEPAS), paint a concerning picture of governance effectiveness in Africa’s largest copper producer.

Mixed scores in government performance tracking

The Expanded Implementation Index stood at 47/100, indicating both “a clear political will” and “a significant gap between policy decisions and actual implementation capacity.” The monitoring team examined approximately 70 major decisions over the nine-month period, revealing stark implementation realities:

• 25% fully implemented
• 45% partially implemented
• 30% undocumented due to lack of information

Key sectors show implementation disparities

The monitored decisions spanned critical sectors including:

• Security and institutional stability
• Economic and financial governance
• Natural resource management
• Institutional reforms
• Strategic diplomacy
• Social policies

Christian Moleka, a member of the monitoring team, highlighted a troubling pattern: “The most far-reaching decisions – particularly those concerning institutional, economic, and social reforms – consistently show the lowest implementation rates, while security measures progress more rapidly.”

New digital platform aims to improve transparency

In response to these findings, civil society organizations launched “Jua 243”, a real-time monitoring platform designed to track government actions transparently. The platform provides citizens and stakeholders with immediate access to implementation progress across different sectors.

Father Alain Nzadi, CEPAS Director, emphasized the study’s constructive purpose: “This isn’t about judging or celebrating public action, but rather about contributing to continuous governance improvement by providing decision-makers, partners, and citizens with analytical tools to better understand policy implementation dynamics.”

He concluded: “This approach aligns with an accountability framework where public decisions gain value when they can be tracked, evaluated, and assessed against concrete results.”

Reporting by Bruno Nsaka