When fuel prices rise, news coverage usually treats it as a market story. Oil is up. Currencies are weak. Import costs have risen. Adjustments were inevitable. But for most people, fuel isn’t something they buy occasionally or speculate on. It’s something they live inside . And when the price at the pump jumps, it behaves less like a price and more like a tax on everyday life  — one that’s paid quietly, repeatedly, and unevenly. Recent fuel price increases in Malawi make thi