[2] Through the 1970s and 1980s Laurent Désiré Kabila and a few companions lived in remote parts of the Congo outside the control of the government of Mobutu Sese Seko.
Their PRP (parti de la révolution populaire) tried to implement Maoist ideas in areas they controlled.
[2] Kakudji was appointed Deputy Secretary General and member of the Central Committee in charge of foreign policy and international relations of the PRP.
[1] During a cabinet reshuffle on 4 January 1998 Kakudji replaced Mwenze Kongolo as Minister of the Interior (Internal Affairs).
Kabila was away from the city but Gaetan Kakudji, the Interior minister, was confident the last small pockets of rebels would soon be eliminated.