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[h=2]Zanzibar minister warns new food price violators[/h]
By The guardian reporter
6th September 2011
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Zanzibar Trade, Industry and Marketing minister Nassor Ahmed Mazrui
Zanzibar Trade, Industry and Marketing minister Nassor Ahmed Mazrui has warned that strong legal measures will be taken against traders who would violate food price caps set by the government.
Last month the government announced new prices for rice, sugar and wheat flour.
However, some traders have been ignoring the prices, claiming that they would cause them losses.
Mazrui said the government would start arresting and taking to court those who disobeyed the price order, including revoking their trading licences.
"We'll use our trade officers and other state organs to arrest violators,"
said the minister, who is from the Civic United Front (CUF).
He said the government had taken into consideration the profit margin each category of trader would get from the food they sell. He said a retailer would make a 2,500/- profit from a 50kg bag, while a wholesaler would make 1,200/- from the same bag; while for sugar they would make a 2,500/- profit.
Mazrui said before the new prices were announced the traders were making up to 10,000/- from the same bag.
The minister said the government had decided to intervene in order to establish a balance as the traders were apparently putting their interest above the public interest.
He said 'Mapembe' rice would sell at 1,060/- a kilo in urban areas and 1,070/- in rural areas in Unguja, while in Pemba, the rice would be sold at 1,100/- per kilo in urban areas and 1,120/- in rural areas.
He said a 50kg bag of rice would sell at the wholesale price of between 50,350/, and 49,360/- for wheat flour weighing 50kg.
Minister Mazrui said the wholesale price for sugar would be 48,400/- per 50kg bag. The minister said that Zanzibar consumed an average of 60,000 tonnes of rice annually.
He called on the people to report any traders who would be found to sell food at higher prices other than those set by the government. He directed all traders to indicate the prices of food items so that buyers would be able to see them even from afar.
Some traders have objected to the the new prices, A trader, Juma Ali Haji, who conducts his business at Darajani area, said the municipality charged them a fee of 500/- on a daily basis, while they have to pay 50,000/- for a business licence and 15,000/- for contractual forms annually.
Suleman Ali said it would have been wiser if the government had involved the traders before setting the new prices.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN