Marie Olive Lembe di Sita (born 29 July 1976) is the former First Lady of the

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. She was the long-term girlfriend of Congolese President Joseph Kabila whom she married on 17 June 2006, becoming her country's

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. In 1998, a daughter was born to the couple, Sifa Kabila, named after Kabila's mother, and former first lady Sifa Mahanya.

Wedding

On 1 June 2006, the head of the Maison Civile, Theo Mugalu, officially announced the wedding of Ms. Lembe di Sita to the President. Two different dates emerged, some reports stating 10 June 2007, and other stating 10 June 2006. The wedding eventually took place on 17 June 2006 at the Presidential residence, in La Gombe,

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. As President Kabila is Protestant, and Ms. Lembe di Sita is Catholic, the wedding ceremony was somewhat ecumenical, with both Cardinal Etsou, and Mgr

Pierre Marini Bodho Pierre Marini Bodho (born 30 March 1938, in Zeu, Ituri Province, Ituri), was the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Christ in Congo and former List of Presidents of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President of the Senate of the ...

- Bishop and President of the

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, the umbrella church for most Protestant denominations in Congo - officiating. Cardinal Etsou had preeminence however.

References

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