THE president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has revealed his passion for Congolese rumba music, but he says he has no time to listen to it because of his heavy workload. “My private life is non-existent, or nearly so. My work and my office are all I have. I begin my day at six or seven in the morning and I finish around seven or eight in the evening,” he told the Jeune Afrique magazine. This busy schedule leaves Kabila little time to appreciate his favoured music. “I like old Congolese rumbas from the 1960s and 1970s,” said Kabila, who described rap as “noise for youth.” Kabila stressed during the interview that his accession to the Congolese presidency after the assassination of his father was not his given right and that he was not his father’s heir. “I am neither king nor the child of a king. There is no dynasty in Congo,” Kabila said. – AFP