DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila said on Monday that his country planned to increase use of Tanzanian ports, particularly for imports to eastern DRC. Speaking during a tour of Dar es Salaam port and Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) facilities on the final day of a three-day state visit, Kabila said the increased cargo would depend on the security situation in the vast DRC, where anti-government rebels hold half of the country. “I am very optimistic that peace and stability in the DRC are now finally within reach and I would advise you to prepare yourselves for an increase in traffic from the DRC by as much as six- to tenfold,” he said in a speech to TAZARA management. “The Congo is a potentially very rich country with many resources, and the amount of traffic flow that could be coming your way from the Congo could be very huge,” Kabila said. – AFP