Analysis: Where is the state in North Kivu?

IRINNEWS

8/09/13 

 GOMA, 9 August 2013 (IRIN) – Three years ago when Jean*, 41, applied for a license to open a hardware shop in Goma, capital of North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), he had to pay a fee of US$1,500 to the General Tax Directorate, and the whole process took a year. 

“Every time I went to the [tax] office, they denied I ever paid the money, yet I had an official receipt from the General Tax Directorate. I had to pay a bribe to get the license,” he told IRIN. 
Since opening, Jean has had to contend with different people claiming to be government officials coming regularly to his shop asking him to pay additional taxes. 

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