[3] He was the head of his party's delegation at the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference in order to prepare the transition towards independence.
The second delegation, led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Évariste Kimba, included Kitenge, Albert Nyembo, Cyprien Kayumba Mfumu wa Bwana, Léonard Kanyangala, and an ordinance officer, and left for Europe at the start of August.
On the day when the prisoners were transferred from Léopoldville to Élisabethville, Kitenge was doing a few test rounds of Austrian jeeps, together with Minister of Finance Jean-Baptiste Kibwe.
Interior Minister Godefroid Munongo, on his way to Luano airport, told Kibwe that "three packages" would be delivered, namely the three Léopoldville politicians.
[10] In August 1961, a delegation consisting of Kitenge and Kibwe visited South Africa and met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Eric Louw.