Lambert Mende Omalanga (born 11 February 1953) is the former minister of communications of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] He is best known for saying that an overturned fuel truck that exploded and killed 230 people was trying to overtake a bus, but is also famous for saying 80 died when a boat overturned.^[2] He was born near Lodja, Sankuru.