Congolese lawmaker jailed over bank scam

Rubavu Primary Court yesterday handed a DR Congo lawmaker (North Kivu), Dunia Bakarani, a one-year jail sentence for complicity in illegal trading of US$250,000.The MP, who is a member of MLC party, was arrested in September along with six other people including the former branch manager and employees of Access Bank-Rubavu, for illegally acquiring money from the bank’s coffers with no documentation.