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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>A wave of pain and frustration is sweeping through the heart of Lilongwe\u2019s markets as vendors decry the devastating impact of violent demonstrations that have crippled their daily business and endangered their livelihoods.<\/p>\n

From the bustling stalls of Lilongwe Main Market to the roadside stands in Area 22B, small-scale traders\u2014who live hand-to-mouth\u2014are pleading for peace, saying protests driven by political motives are robbing them of their only means of survival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is heartbreaking,\u201d said Laston Sulan, a vendor and part-time security guard at the main market. \u201cWe depend on daily sales to feed our families. But today, look around\u2014business is dead. No customers, no movement. How are we supposed to eat?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sulan, echoing the concerns of many, said it was unfair for a few individuals with \u201cpersonal agendas\u201d to plunge entire communities into chaos while ordinary citizens pay the price.<\/p>\n

Christopher Gona, who deals in scrap metal, voiced similar frustration. \u201cThese demonstrations are not for the benefit of the nation. They\u2019re for the benefit of a few. Meanwhile, we\u2019re left counting losses.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it was Grace Makwiza, a second-hand clothes seller from Area 22B, whose voice trembled with emotion as she recounted the horror of what she witnessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople lost money while running for safety. Phones were snatched. Some collapsed from high blood pressure. It was terrifying,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are already struggling. We have nothing to fall back on. Please\u2014if you want to fight for your cause, do it far from where innocent people are trying to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her message was clear: \u201cDon\u2019t use our pain as your battlefield. We\u2019re pleading for peace, for protection, for the right to earn a living without fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vendors are calling on authorities and organizers of public demonstrations to consider the ripple effects of such actions on struggling Malawians who rely on daily earnings to keep their families afloat.<\/p>\n

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