An analysis of Kilega, a Bantu language spoken in eastern Zaire, focuses on the relative positions of subject and verb and agreement patterns, with particular attention to WH-movement. It is found that Kilega is a subject-verb-object language, but exhibits some variant patterns. WH-movement triggers verb-subject inversion and shifts agreement. The verb then agrees with the WH-word, which has been moved to the initial position of the sentence. There is thus a syntactic interest to see why subject-verb agreement is blocked in this process. Two reasons are proposed: (1) that lexical noun phrase is inert, and therefore agreement would be blocked as a result of verb movement; and (2) that WH-movement is by adjunction. Specific examples are offered. (MSE)