"We are confirming that Chemaf does not owe $21.4m in unpaid taxes," the Chemaf director, Sebastien Ansel, said. Hyper Psaro, United Petroleum and United Oil and Soap, all of which belong to the private Congolese fuel, commodities and transportation conglomerate Hyper Psaro Group, and are named in the report as owing taxes, declined to comment. Other companies identified as owing money – Comexas, Socimex, Sabot, Marine International, Frontier, Congo Loyal and Trade Service – either did not respond to requests for comment or could not immediately be traced.
Ndikilo alisema makampuni na wafanyabiashara hao, wamekuwa hawalipi malipo mbalimbali kwa kudai wanalipia Dar es Salaam. Aidha Ndikilo,aliwaasa wawekezaji kuwa na lebo kwenye bidhaa zao zinazoonyesha zinazalishwa Mkoani Pwani ili kuutangaza mkoa .Pamoja na hayo,alizitaka taasisi wezeshi kushirikiana na jumuiya ya wafanyabiashara (TCCIA), ili kuona kama kuna urasimu katika idara mbalimbali ikiwemo maji,umeme na kuangalia namna ya kuondoa ama kupunguza urasimu uliopo.