Born in the Belgian Congo's capital Léopoldville, Sakombi was a Lingombe speaker with family roots in Equateur Province.

[4] After a second term as Minister of Information from 1983 to 1985, Mobutu appointed Sakombi as an Ambassador to France and UNESCO, based in Paris.

[8] He held a post as acting Chairman of the High Authority of Media under Laurent-Désiré's son Joseph Kabila, until he was fired in 2008 for "mismanagement".

Their son, Aimé Molendo Sakombi is Land Ministry in President Félix Tshisekedi Government and a close ally in UNC's party of Vital Kamerhe.

[12] He later married Germaine Ilunga from Katanga region[13] and their son, Michael Sakombi is an appointed Ambassador and former Mongala Province Governor and member of Former President of DRC Joseph Kabila's party, PPRD[14] Furthermore, he was the brother of Denis Sakombi Ekope, Minister of the Interior.