I roto i te 2006 me te 2011, Katumbi tautoko Joseph Kabila's kaupapa ki te rere mo te peresideni o te Democratic Republic o Congo. Heoi, Katumbi tūmatanui tawhiti ia ia i Kabila i roto i 2015. Katumbi kua korero e pā ana ki tona whakapono e kia whai peresideni Kabila te ture o te whenua, me te heke iho rite te peresideni i roto i 2016. I roto i te Hānuere 2016, Katumbi piri atu atu ki ētahi atu nui-profile Congolese ahua i roto i te whakakotahitanga tapaina "Front Citoyen 2016". te hinonga whai ki te tiaki i te ture, me te ngana ki te whakarite kia i te 2016 pōtitanga peresideni i tū. Ko ia ki te wehenga Katanga i Congo, e tautokona ana e te wāhanga o te taupori o te kawanatanga. Kua mea pinepine Katumbi e hiahia ana ia ki tona mahi ki te tōrangapū tūmataiti. Pātai: He aha te ingoa o te whakakotahitanga o rongonui Congolese ahua?
Ko Front Citoyen te tau 2016