Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I riro anō a Sassou Nguesso i te mana i te mutunga o te
June-October 1997 civil war and appointed Okemba as a Special Adviser to the President in late 1997. I te mutunga o te tau 1997, i tohua a Okemba hei Kaitohutohu Motuhake ki te Perehitini. Ko Okemba, he whanaunga ki a Sassou Nguesso, i tirohia i nga tau 1990 hei kaiarahi mo te whanau o nga mema o te whanau tata e karapoti ana i a Sassou Nguesso, i whakataetae mo te mana o te taumata teitei me etahi atu hapu no te roopu iwi Mbochi o Sassou Nguesso.