GOVERNMENT and sugar manufacturers as well as chain stores have agreed that a two kilogram pack of sugar must fetch between K56 and K58 across the country. Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Chipoka Mulenga says some people had taken advantage of the economic situation by inflating sugar prices at will. Addressing the media after an indoor engagement with Zambia Sugar, Mansa Sugar, Kafue Sugar, Shoprite and Cheers, Friday, Mulenga announced that the commodity would fetch between K56 and K58 across the country. “Zambia Sugar, Kafue Sugar, Mansa Sugar, we have done our arithmetic and they have demonstrated that they have not pushed their prices up, it still remains the same, their retail recommended prices have been made available and...

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