LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The country’s Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA) has demanded Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) to release names of traders holding sugar that has become a scarcity commodities on the local market.
CAMA has also bemoaned sugar’s exorbitant prices on the market.
In a statement signed by CAMA Executive Director, John Kapito state that consumers continue to experience scarcity and high prices of Sugar on the market though sugar is a controlled commodity with no competition regarding the competition and distribution.
Kapito observes that the CFTC which President Lazarus Chakwera ordered to investigate and inform the nation on the reasons behind sugar scarcity on the market has not release a comprehensive report till date.
He adds that sugar distribution and pricing has remained a challenge to consumers by a syndicate of corruption saying, “Producers and distributors are taking advantage of consumers who are already going through the highest cost of living”.
He therefore called upon ministry of Trade to immediate intervene and assist consumers to access sugar at the recommendable price.
Over three months now, Malawi has been grappling with scarcity of sugar as both government and producers have not come up with concrete reasons why the commodity is scarce on the market.