By Linda Kwanjana
In line with President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera agenda on rule of law, Malawi’ Minister of Labour Agnes Nyalonje on Monday met with all registered labour export companies in Malawi at Capital Hill in Lilongwe.
During the meeting Nyalonje made a blatant appeal to all agencies to adhere to the existing and set down 2016 labour exports guidelines.
Nyalonje said it is sad that the company which sent the workers in Israel flouted alot of guidelines.
She gave an example that the company was sending people to African Bible College (ABC) for medical examinations at the expensive hospital before being recruited. This ended up people complaining of spending more money and not recruited.
Nyalonje gave another example where the agent failed to disclose all the details on the type of work expected in Israel.
Minister of Information and Digitalization Moses Kunkuyu said failure to disclose the correct information is a serious offense which the agent who recruited Israel workers conducted.
“This ended recruiting wrong people from well to do families and yet this job needed complete labourers,” he said.
Trevor Kandonje who is the President of the Association of Private recruitment agencies in Malawi commends Government for the meeting.
Kandonje said previously everyone was doing things in a disjointed manner but they will be walking together with the Government.
“It was a good meeting, in the sense that government came in to share the guidelines in good time, this is commendable, What has happened is we are aware that some people have gone to Israel through a private recruitment agency and government just wanted to remind us about the existing guidelines so that whosoever is going to be involved in this deal should follow these procedures,” he said.
