Word: munongo
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Whether Kasavubu could get away with it was a good question, for Tshombe was far more powerful than any of his predecessors had ever been. Minutes after Kasavubu's announcement, Tshombe's tough Interior Minister Godefroid Munongo issued his own communiqué: Tshombe would not allow himself to be fired, intended to stay in office at least until the new National Assembly is seated June...
...government had been utterly unable to print and deliver the 10.5 million separate ballots required to enable Leopoldville's 160,000 registered voters to elect six national Assemblymen and seven Senators. At last Interior Minister Godefroid Munongo admitted defeat, announced the election would be held the following day instead. Seeking a scapegoat, he ordered Electoral Commission President Joseph Nsiku arrested on charges of sabotage...
...move in on the heels of the army to allow the newly liberated tribes to express their gratitude by voting for Tshombe. Reluctant voters will be lured to the polls with sacks of salt, but campaigning will be a dangerous business. "If you go off the main road," Munongo recently warned all candidates, "someone is liable to stick a spear...
...troops would not interfere in his affairs. You do not mention that, when Tshombe did let the U.N troops in, his distrust proved to be justified. In late 1961, U.N troops attempted to end the secession of Katanga by arresting a number of katagan officials, including Tshombe and Munongo, on warrants issued by the central government. I think this may reasonably be described as interfering in Tshombe's affairs, however, justified it may have been...
...reported that all available evidence indicated that Lumumba and two colleagues were killed on January 17, 1961, "after their arrival in a villa not far from Elisabethville and in all probability in the presence of high officials of the Government Katanga Province, namely, Mr. Tshombe, Mr. Munongo, and Mr. Kibwe; and the escape story was staged...