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DEBORA BUBA FEZA KAYEMBE (born April 10, 1975),is an British Lawyer -Linguist, Author,and Human Right Campaigner(Refugee, Children needs, domestic violence. Debora was born and raised in Kinshasa,in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. she left Congo in 2004, then seek asylum on the ground of political opinion in Britain. She is a descended of Namibian,Zambian from her biological Mother; but she was raised by a Congolese Family from the eastern Congo ( Kivu ) and spent most of her life in the Congo.

As a lawyer, after obtaining a Bachelor degree in International Law, Debora was admitted at the Congolese Bar in September 2000 making her the youngest barrister at the time in Matadi / Bas-Congo. She was still at the solicitor roll until 2006, while no longueur leaving in the Congo. One of the biggest accomplishment of Debora kayembe in the Congo, is that she mastered and negotiate for the Koreans investors the creation of the joint venture between the Congolese ministry of Telecommunication and the South -Korean private investor who created Congo- Korea Telecom which later became Standard Telecom, the first ever fiber optic technology in the Congo. She is currently taking step to be re admitted at the Congolese Bar and pursuing a re-qualification program as a solicitor at the Law society of Scotland in Edinburgh. She hold the position of Assistant to Counsel list at the International criminal Court, the Hague.

As a linguist, speaking several Languages; Debora started working as a linguist in England. As a volunteer for helping Congolese refugee in their community to integrate in Blackburn with Darwen. She joins the Institute of Translation and Interpreting in Milton Keynes in which she successfully was qualified for five languages ( English, French,Swahili, Lingala, Kikongo)making her the 1st ever qualified member of ITI with central and eastern African languages.

She started her humanitarian work and Human Right activism in the Congo at age 19 during her 1 st year of law at University Libre de Kinshasa (1994). she stood up for student right and set up an non profit organisation named Association Chretienne Semeur aiming to educate women against domestic violence and abuse among children in the Congo. she then join the Congolese civil society, the Human right movement and took a major role during the post war talk in south Africa in 2003.Her last job was at the Obervatoire national the droits de l'homme she was the head of mission at the President Cabinet. she eventually continue her human Right campaign for refugee and asylum seeker in Britain by taking part talk in public, radio  about the on - going situation in the Congo; being a refugee in Great Britain and issues around poverty,inequality and vulnerable people.

Miss Kayembe move to Scotland in December 2011, in August 2013 she interview at the Scottish refugee council for the refugee speaker program which was successful. she made her 1st public speech with the Scottish refugee council during the AGM on the 17th of january 2014 in which she was widely congratulated.During the refugee week 2014, Debora Kayembe announced to the Scottish parliament reception that she is in favor of the abolition of immigration detention center in Scotland.