Dr. Tshiani has no political party affiliation,[REF][REF][REF][REF][REF] but expects to run as an independent in the next Presidential elections[REF][REF][REF][REF] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As of 2016, the DRC ranked as the poorest country in the world according to indexmundi based on the Gross Domestic Product per capita [REF].