The Coalition of the Congo River Alliance and March 23 rebels are cutting down taxes in Eastern Congo where they have taken over several provinces.
It seems the rebels have assumed total sovereignty in the war-annexed Eastern Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and are now addressing community problems, including reducing their tax burdens.
The new movement comprising AFC and M23 rebels has formed own authorities and are busy chopping down coasts imposed onto the residents in the area.
They are probably doing this in efforts to convince the residents of the occupied territories that they are not the bad guys, are now moving to ease the burden of heavy taxes imposed on the already disadvantaged population of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the Félix Tshisekedi regime.
The new government formed through the coalition of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and March 23 (M23) rebels, have so far decided to reduce and eventually scrap off the USD 10 exit card for vehicles which has been widely rejected by road users.
The new transport and road authorities of Goma and Bukavu have since reduced the road exit tax by 33 percent another burden to motorists, before even the AFC and M23 had taken over the region.
Sources from Goma are also revealing that the AFC and M23 rebels have, on the other hand, directed utility firms such as Société Nationale d’Électricité (SNEL), the national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Socodee SA and other electricity and water suppliers to reduce and harmonize their bills to ease the cost of living among the population.