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Top opposition leaders in Democratic Republic of Congo has called on the new prime minister to investigate revelations by Reuters last week that most of the money paid by Congolese citizens for new passports goes overseas.
Documents reviewed by Reuters of a 2015 deal between the government and a Belgian company, Semlex to produce biometric passports show that most of the $185 (Sh19,138) price for a new passport goes to Semlex and a small company called LRPS in the United Arab Emirates.
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