Following the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board’s (TIMB) call to decentralize operations, several tobacco companies have shown interest in setting up auction floors in Hurungwe.
Abel Matsika, Karoi town council chairperson confirmed the influx of tobacco companies that want establish auction floors, saying, ‘We are grateful that as Karoi town and Hurungwe district, in general, we are benefitting with the decentralization of tobacco marketing. To date, we had serious engagements with four new players in the industry and this will boost local economic development as money will circulate and the whole business chain will benefit right down to the airtime vendor and vegetable vendor.”
Matsika also said that the establishment of tobacco auction floors will help in employment creation for Hurungwe.
‘We look forward to see these companies acting responsibly and to beautify Karoi and Hurungwe in general. We also need to take care of the underprivileged and we really expect a lot of visibility of these companies in areas of socio corporate responsibility,’ said Matsika.