When he retired from the Central Bank on 2004, Kasongo began his political activism by joining the Civil Society led by friend Professor Bahati Lukwebo.
On 2005, he joined the presidential political party (PPRD) through its General Secretary, Camarade Vital Kamerhe.
Next, he pulled his son Dicko Kasongo from UDPS and introduced him to Vital Kamerhe who appointed him as an Implanter, then he will be retained on the electoral list for the legislative.
[1] Katanda Territory elected Kasongo in the parliamentary under the umbrella of RCD/N led by Roger Lumbala on November 28, 2011.
Next year, Kasongo's parliamentary mandate had almost been invalidated when the president of their party RCD/N, Roger Lumbala had joined the armed rebellion of the M23.