“For the past two weeks, no rice has been in my store despite getting assurances that rice will be in the country soon,” he said. “When we go to the company, the people who are importing the rice, they tell us that they are not selling rice to us. We want the Commerce Ministry to intervene so as to avoid hoarding”. “You see, my store is empty, no rice here, even when you check to the next store, no rice there, all the stores are empty, when we go to the importers we cannot get the rice. They are responsible for the rice shortage.
