During the Christmas and New Year period, some soft drinks were not available in retail shops in parts of Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | COURTESY via THE CITIZEN
The Tanzanian government is investigating the shortage of soft drinks in parts of the country.
Sources associate the shortages with the challenge of industrial sugar importation, but an official at SBC Tanzania – producers of Pepsi and Mirinda beverages – said there was no sugar scarcity.