In Congo-Kinshasa, the relationships between decentralized territorial entities (ETD) with the State and the province are mainly settled by organic law n ° 08/016 of October 07, 2008. However, concerning the supervision on the acts of these entities Territorial, there is a paradox between the provisions of articles 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 and 103, and the facts on the ground. A centralizing logic is observed in the management of the municipalities of the city of Kinshasa, instead of an accompanying logic, as recommended by the legislator. This is why, this reflection engages, first, to retrace the general physiognomy of ETD under organic law n ° 08/016; Then, apprehends the actual content of control over the acts of ETDs and, finally, the critic through a few cases.
This reflection proposes a new approach for the development of the Communes of the City of Kinshasa. This is enshrined in a four-pole model called the « RDPE model », i.e. a model based on Retrospective, Diagnosis, Project and Evaluation.