Mmiliki wa Dowans, Brigedia Jenerali (Mstaafu) Sulaiman Mohammed Yahya Al Adawi, anayeishi Oman, ametua nchini na kuzungumza na vyombo vya habari katika hoteli ya Kilimanjaro Kempinski, Dar es Salaam. Akiwa na wakurugenzi wawili Stanley Munai na John Miles, alisema amelazimika kuja kwa sababu amesikia watu wanadai hawamjui mmiliki wa Dowans, na kwamba wanawadhania baadhi ya Watanzania kuwa ndio wamiliki wa Dowans. Akasema: "Mimi ndiye mmiliki wa Dowans."
Akasema si kawaida yake kuzungumza na vyombo vya habari, na kwamba hataki kupigwa picha yoyote, kwa sababu yeye ni mfanyabiashara asiyependa makuu na asiye na makeke. Akasema amewekeza katika nchi 12 duniani, na kwamba katika zote hizo anawakilishwa na rafiki zake; na kwamba hapa nchini aliletwa na Rostam Aziz mwaka 2005 kwa ajili ya mradi wa Fibre Optic.
Katika hili la sasa, alisema amekuja kujadiliana na Tanesco juu ya hatima bora ya kibiashara kwake na fursa ya umeme kwa Watanzania, katika mazingira ya sasa ya mkataba unaodaiwa kuwa na utata, na deni la bilioni 94 analoidai Tanesco baada ya Dowans kuwashinda Tanesco mahakamani. Alizungumza kwa Kiingereza, na nimeweza kunukuu baadhi ya kauli zake moja kwa moja alipokuwa akijibu baadhi ya maswali na hoja za waandishi. Hizi hapa:
1. “I am here to find a happy resolution, a business decision. I am ready to offer something nice to Tanesco if it works out.”
2. “I don’t want to be known. I am a low-profile businessman. I walk free here in Dar es Salaam, and no one knows I own Dowans.”
3. “Rostam Azizi is a friend of mine. He invited me to come and invest here, but he didn’t put in any cent in the project.”
4. “I have businesses in 12 countries allover the world. I can’t go and represent myself in every country. That’s why I gave Rostam power of attorney.”
5. “We have not been tarnished, but we have been mixed up with something else (Richmond)”
6. “I do not need to be cleared by anyone; my electricity here will clear me.”
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