Malawians working in Kuwait have expressed concerns over working conditions in the Asian country.
Speaking with Malawi24, a number of Malawians living in Kuwait have said that among all migrants living in the country, people from the warm heart of Africa are least paid due to lack of agreements between Malawi and employers in Kuwait.
One of the Malawians who fled the Asian country a week ago due to poor working conditions told Malawi24 that most people from Malawi are offered jobs contrary to what they agreed before leaving Malawi.
“When they are recruiting us to go there, they tell us what we will be doing but once we are in Kuwait, they give us different jobs that are contrary to our earnings,” said the man who opted for anonymity.
He added that Malawians in Kuwait are not considered workers since they do not have a set minimum wage for each job.
According to the man, other migrants in Kuwait get fair salaries matching the type of jobs they do but Malawians are paid peanuts.
“We get low salaries contrary to the jobs that we do. This is different with workers from other countries as their respective countries negotiate with the Kuwaiti employees on minimum work and other working conditions. They tend to receive better salaries matching their jobs,” he disclosed to Malawi24.
In a separate interview, another Malawian man who is in Kuwait said one of his duties is to carry an electronic machine weighing over 100 kilograms from the top floor to lower floors of a 13 floor skyscraper.
The man told Malawi24 that most people do the job because they fail to raise enough money to come back home.
“We risk our lives by working in dangerous places, doing hard jobs that at the end we earn little money. The problem is that our authorities don’t agree with the Kuwaiti employees on conducive working conditions,” he said. Due to lack of jobs in Malawi, youth are flocking to other countries such as South Africa, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates (UAE) to find work.
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Joseph Jose Shaibushaibu ukunena zoona anthu akukhala bwino ukakhala waulesi ndiye sorry ukhauladi kwa eni siti joya timajoya kwanu kuja kopandira ndalama
ngati mukukufuna kupita ku WAIT ko koma ndalama yopitila mulibe,ingonenani chilungamo tikuthandizeni mu pite nanu moyo wanu usinthe
Ndi a chewa siamalawi
come back home is best
Tel them to cam bac and regita 4 national IDs
Hugoh Mbawa Amabe Mwamva
Azibwera kuno ku cape town
you should all no that every work has it’s hardships nde mukamapita kunjako musayembekezere kut mukanjoya ayi,,,,
Limbani Msowoya What is your say on this?
Bro had it been it’s like that you would have seen me back home
But there are some people who were born lazy and the were thinking that if they come here they will go straight in office
My brother life is like that in a foreign land everywhere you go
But for me am enjoying life here
Thanks for your verification broda
You’re welcome ma bro
All is well here
Ok fine
And someone will say munthalika must apologize, you see how they treat us now? Let’s not sell our beautiful land to these so called donors.
I love Arab country Kuwait is my bea
And do I need to comment on this???
Log in to my Facebook account and see if am suffering or not.
There are alot of developments I have done back home which I can not expose now and then on social media.
I even had a song **Peza chochita** (No food ffi ah lazy man- osagwira ntchito asadye)
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Within a period of two years, I’ve achieved alot of things more than I did in the past back home after graduation.
Hard-working pays and if you don’t have visions, even if you get more than enough, you still don’t prosper in life.
KUWAIT IS JUST AWESOME!!!!
The only country I feel safe more than in my home country coz I move freely any place anytime without the fear of being ambushed.
….and if you think KUWAIT is bad, you must be the problem because each and everyone undergo signing work contract forms…..and if you are not satisfied with what you get here, then, blame yourself for pretending to agree with all the working conditions on the contract forms which YOU (Yourself) signed when you were still in your country.
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kkkk..asamayete eti Born Stunner
Like serious I better go there and face those abuses, I better go there and work as a slave and I will be back here as a King rather than kick the backet with hunger here, a poor man doesn’t complain!
What I know in every company when a person is get hired internationally he fill a form in which it is indicated the money which that person will be receiving as contract and they indicated very well the work and condition of the company I wonder about him may be he got lost because last time I check some of his fellow Malawian are sending good currency back home any way since here in Kuwait they do medical check up so ask him is he alright? Because any one whose body is polluted is forced to go back may be he was just covering up on his healthy status
Very pathetic malawi sazathekaso
Its hrd
Mchifukwa chani ku malawi kuno tili ndi amwenye ochokera ku kuwait ena mwa iwo amagwira tchito zosiyanasiyana ma factory tiyakhala pansi mkugwirizana monga amalawi mkupeza zochita tikhoza kuchita bwino kusiyana ndikumakavutika ku mayiko ayini wache tili nyanja komanso mitsinje yochuluka dziko muno imene ingatithandizire kupeza chuma tiyeni tipange timagulu ta athu anayi kapena asanu taulimi wathilira kupanga burget ya water pump fertilizer zolimitsira we can make money athu akulemera komkuno osamangothamangira maiko akunja ndiye akakufinyani mukumabuwura kwambiri kuti tiziti akukupangani khanza mayesa munapitirako tchito ndiye mumaona ngati tchito yake ndiyotani