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Minister swoops down on errant businesses

KIGALI - The Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Minicom) yesterday paid a surprise visit to several businesses downtown Kigali, inspecting whether they complied with trade requirements and fining traders and those who did not. The exercise follows last year’s countrywide campaign by the ministry to sensitise business operators on the law governing internal trade in Rwanda. Minister Monique Nsanzabaganwa and her team stormed unsuspecting shops at Rubangura House in downtown Kigali, requesting for trade certificates, to see whether they displayed price tags for their products and had invoices.
Commerce Minister Monique Nsanzabaganwa (L) closely looks at the expiry date of some items in a shop during the inspection exercise yesterday. (Photo J Mbanda).
Commerce Minister Monique Nsanzabaganwa (L) closely looks at the expiry date of some items in a shop during the inspection exercise yesterday. (Photo J Mbanda).
Eugene Kwibuka