The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (M.C.I.L.) is urging customers to report or advise the ministry if the prices of any purchased goods have exceeded the maximum prices stipulated by the Price Order. Wholesalers and retailers dealing in general merchandise within the country were once .
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The Competition Commission says consumers have been subjected to unjustified price increases of sunflower oil, white and brown bread, as well as opportunistic price increases in maize meal over a two-year period.
A local NGO monitoring food security says consumers are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets as the costs of basic food items continue to rise.