 There was another major personnel reshuffle on 12 June 2007 . FARDC chief General Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe was replaced with General Dieudonne Kayembe Mbandankulu . General Gabriel Amisi Kumba retained his post as Land Forces commander . John Numbi , a trusted member of Kabila 's inner circle , was shifted from air force commander to Police Inspector General . U.S. diplomats reported that the former Naval Forces Commander Maj. General Amuli Bahigua ( ex @-@ MLC ) became the FARDC 's Chief of Operations ; former FARDC Intelligence Chief General Didier Etumba ( ex @-@ FAC ) was promoted to Vice Admiral and appointed Commander of Naval Forces ; Maj. General Rigobert Massamba ( ex @-@ FAC ) , a former commander of the Kitona air base , was appointed as Air Forces Commander ; and Brig. General Jean @-@ Claude Kifwa , commander of the Republican Guard , was appointed as a regional military commander . 
