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06/05/2024

MALAWI VEEP CHILIMA FREE, GETS THE LAST LAUGH
.... State discontinues corruption case .....He is a free man now.....All bail conditions removed

24/04/2024

AFRICAN WOMEN EMBRACE FAMILY PLANNING AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

By Dr. Sheila Macharia, managing director, FP2030 East & Southern Africa Hub and Dr. Martin Migombano, managing director, FP2030 North, West, & Central Africa Hub

As the global community strives to achieve the family planning goals, a continent often stereotyped for high fertility rates deserves recognition – Africa.

Through dedicated efforts by governments, international organizations, and local communities, significant strides have been made in improving access to family planning services and empowering individuals to make informed choices about their reproductive health.

The success story is evident in the soon-to-be-released FP2030 annual report slated for 24 April 2024 in Washington DC.

The 2023 Measurement Report is a vital tool for tracking progress and also reveals encouraging trends across various indicators, reflecting Africa's commitment to advancing reproductive health and rights.

One of the most notable achievements is the rise in modern contraceptive prevalence rates. More people than ever before are using reliable methods like pills, injectables, implants, and Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) to plan their families and improve their health.

This surge speaks volumes about the effectiveness of efforts to expand access to a diverse range of contraceptive options.

Another crucial aspect is addressing unmet need for family planning. This refers to the gap between individuals who desire to delay or space pregnancies but lack access to effective methods.

By providing comprehensive information and a variety of contraceptives, African countries are empowering individuals to make choices that align with their reproductive goals. This reduction in unmet need translates to healthier families and communities.

Africa recognizes that adolescents and youth are key players in shaping the continent's future. The FP2030 agenda prioritizes their sexual and reproductive health needs.

Through targeted interventions like comprehensive sexuality education and youth-friendly services, young people are gaining the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions about their reproductive health. This empowers them to take charge of their well-being and contribute positively to society.

Sustainable regional development and progress necessitates investment, and African governments have demonstrated this commitment by allocating increasing funds for family planning programs.

This prioritization, reflected in the latest FP2030 Progress Measurement Report, highlights a shift towards ownership and leadership within national health agendas. By investing domestically, African countries are driving progress towards FP2030 goals.

While progress is undeniable, challenges persist in ensuring universal access to quality services. Cultural norms may discourage family planning, while a lack of awareness and limited access in remote areas create additional hurdles. Overcoming these obstacles requires a multi-sectoral approach.

Governments, civil society, and the private sector need to collaborate to dismantle barriers and expand service access.

As we celebrate Africa's advancements, it is crucial to maintain momentum and build upon these achievements.

Continued investment, strong political commitment, and collaboration across sectors are essential to ensure that every individual, regardless of location, has access to the information and services they need to plan their families and safeguard their health.

By working together, we can realize the vision of FP2030 and create a continent where every person can exercise their reproductive rights and choices.

23/04/2024

FP2030 MEASUREMENT REPORT LAUNCH ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 24, 2024

Big news! FP2030 measurement report 2023, Meeting the Moment: Family Planning and Gender Equality, is here! Did you know over the last decade, 92 million more women in low- and lower-middle-income countries are using modern contraception? That's empowerment! 🙌
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05/02/2024

AGE LIMIT BILL SMACKS OF BITTERNESS, FEAR OF PETER MUTHARIKA

The age limit bill that Mulanje Central Legislator Kondwani Nankhumwa plans to bring in Parliament is a fresh battle that the DPP and Peter Mutharika must confront and defeat decisively.

The bill has all the hallmarks of bitterness by Nankhumwa and fear of Peter Mutharika by the MCP.

But Nankhumwa has no-one to blame but himself for his fall. He has fallen hard because of his pride, lack of patience and discipline.

Losing the powerful position of DPP Vice President for the South and now on the verge of losing the position of Leader of Opposition is no small fall.

If Namkhumwa was wise and smart, he should have engaged in soul searching wayback in December when his ill-fated NGC meeting attracted few members.

That time he should have refocused his strategy and abandoned his militant stance.

However, Nankhumwa has tested the patience of Peter Mutharika too far. He took the party to the courts for more than 17 times and attempted a coup or hostile take over the party in December.

Peter Mutharika has been more than patient with Nankhumwa and all those who were in his faction.

Mutharika knew of overarching powers that Article 10 (and 10 (9) of the DPP Constitution but he did not use this clause against Nankhumwa until in December last year when his patience had been tried to the limit.

Nankhumwa has shown that he is an impatience man, has a big ego, is unable to listen to good counsel, he is power hungry, he lacks discipline and has an appetite to be used by the ruling MCP.

Well, he might be planning to start a new party or even joining an existing one. Fair and good for that is his constitutional right. But the bitter truth is that his political power and clout has diminished.

Maybe he thinks he will command the same support and power that Dr Joyce Banda and Saulos Chilima commanded when they started their own parties.

The difference is that these two while they lost the party positions in DPP, they still remained State Vice President so they still wielded some power and enjoyed some state resources such as vehicles, fuel allocation, free housing and security detail.

A political party is resource draining and even sponsors pump in their money when they see good future in the leader or the new party.

Nankhumwa is a risk to any party he might intend to join. He is likely to cause similar problems in that party because of his boiling ambitions and lack of discipline.

So the latest efforts to use the Constitution and Parliament to bar Mutharika from standing in 2025 using the age limit bill is ill-timed and a clear sign of bitterness for Nankhumwa.

It is also reinforces the general belief that Nankhumwa has all along been doing MCP bidding and shows that the ruling party is deeply afraid to face Mutharika in the ballot in 2025.

Laws should not be made with certain individuals in mind. If Nankhumwa and his bedfellows MCP are confident that they are popular, let them face Mutharika at the ballot and let voters choose who they want to lead them.

The age limit bill exposes Nankhumwa's lucid desperation and MCP's fear of Peter Mutharika.

12/01/2024

Court's Final Call to MDF as Chilima Gets Two Counts Dropped

The High Court of Malawi Financial Division has today ordered the Malawi Defense Force MDF to bring to the Court the alleged 'sensitive documents' it has been refusing to disclose in the on going corruption case involving Vice President Saulos Chilima.

Judge Redson Kapindu has ordered that the documents be brought personally to him by 10 o'clock in the morning on January 22 2024 for the Court to decide "whether the information indeed borders on national security or not."

1. The Ruling

In his two hour ruling on preliminary issues this morning, Justice Kapindu said the deciding entity on disclosures is the court not the information holder.

"Much as the court acknowledges the submission that the documents can not be disclosed due to their sensitivity, it is the court that has the exclusive power to determine. The court will not abdcate its role when such need arise," said Kapindu.

He then ordered MDF to bring the documents to him to ascertain the sensitivity in question and the degree to which they can be used.

2. Counts 3 and 5 Dropped

Meanwhile, the Court has discharged Chilima from counts number 3 and 5 bordering on breach of trust by public officers.

According to the ruling by Judge Redson Kapindu, the State introduced the charges after expiry of prescribed period.

The Judge said ACB should have initiated commencement of trial and conclusion of the two counts by July 2022 having received the complaint in July 2021.

This means that three counts now remain on the charge sheet where Chilima is accused of demanding unspecified sums of money from Satter.

The defence had argued that "unspecified" was vague and prayed for a clear particular of the offence to which the court ruled that the wording of unspecified was valid to stand the way it is.

The progress of the case, now, highly depends on MDF on whether it will disclose the documents or continue to put its foot down.

4. Wayforward

Once MDF brings the documents by January 22, 2024 - the court will communicate the next action. In the event that MDF doesn't bring the documents, the court will also provide direction to the case.

12/01/2024

CHILIMA WINS SECOND ROUND, COURT ORDERS STATE TO TENDER MDF EVIDENCE

High Court Judge Redson Kapindu has ordered the State to file the documents (evidence) being requested by Vice President Saulos Chilima to the court by Monday, 22 January 2024 before 10am.
The Judge has ordered that the State must do this for him to appreciate the evidence and make a decision on whether it is indeed confidential or not.
The State has been ordered to file the evidence directly to the judge to make the assessment in his chambers before making another determination on the matter.
Judge Kapindu has made the order, taking into consideration that matters of national security are sensitive and complex and therefore need serious and sensitive consideration.
He says his decision also comes after considering the balance of national security and right to fair trial where matters of security do not stand in the way of justice.

Source: Daily Times

12/01/2024

CHILIMA BACK IN COURT, CRUCIAL RULING AHEAD

On the political landscape, Malawi's New Year starts today when the High Court in Lilongwe delivers a ruling on preliminary issues that have been raised in the case in which Vice President Saulos Chilima is accused of demanding unspecified sum of money from business man Zuneth Sattar to influence government contracts.

By any means, the ruling today will have significant impact on Chilima's political next move. It is also a ruling that will also affect the current political landscape. Every political player is anxious to see what happens today. The country's political new year starts today.

1. The Issues

At the heart of the expected ruling is a fight between the State and the Defense on the submission of more disclosures. These disclosures include MDF council minutes that allegedly approved the same contract that Chilima is accused of influencing and the correspondence between President Lazarus Chakwera and MDF in relation to Satter.

MDF insists that come hell or high water, they won't release the documents to protect national security. On ther hand, the defence argues that the State can't eat its cake and still have it. The state, they argued, they must choose to protect national security and discharge Chilima or do the opposite - release all the documents and trial commences.

2. The Expected Ruling

Largely, the ruling will settle this argument either in State's favour to have them keep the documents but trial continues or they keep the documents and trial falls off and Chilima is discharged.

Largely, it is this issue that is under the spotlight this morning from 10 am.

22/12/2023

HIGH COURT TO GIVE DIRECTION ON CHILIMA'S CORRUPTION CASE JANUARY 12, 2024

Justice Redson Kapindu has set January 12, 2024 as the day he will deliver ruling on various "preliminary issues" raised in the case involving Vice-President Saulos Chilima.
This is in relation to a case in which Chilima is being accused of allegedly demanding and receiving unspecified amount of money from businessperson Zunneth Sattar to influence award of public contracts.
Among the issues Kapindu is expected to make a ruling on, is whether the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) should release some documents that the defence demanded as part of disclosures.
The MDF argues that the requested documents are confidential and raise security concerns.
But the defence is of the view that without these documents their client may not be subjected to fair trial.
The ACB is prosecuting the matter.

(Report by Suzgo Chitete, The Nation Newspaper)

16/12/2023

WALTER NYAMILANDU TROUNCED
..Loses to Fleetwood Hauya

Football Association of Malawi （FAM）President Water Nyamilandu has lost with signifant votes to Fleetwood Hauya.

Nyamiland has lost 23 to 13 votes at FAM elections held today in Mzuzu.

He has been at the helm of FAM for 19 years and wanted to extend his stay for another four years.

Hauya was SULOM President and has since relinquished the post to take up the new post of FAM President.

15/12/2023

JACK MALEMIA GEARED TO TRANSFORM NKHOTAKOTA NORTH CONSTITUENCY

Jack Malemia, a youthful aspirant for a parliamentary seat in Nkhotakota North constituency in 2025, says he is geared to transform the constituency and has already started implementing some projects in the area using personal funds.

Jack, Mechanical Engineer by profession, is aspiring to contest for the Nkhotakota North parliamentary seat on a DPP ticket.

The youthful aspirant who is currently 40 years of age says he vying for the seat driven by a passion to diligently and honestly serve and transform the lives of the people of Dwangwa.

Jack says he is a son of Nkhokatkota as he has been in the area since 1998, has also attended school at Dwangwa Private School and Nkhunga CDSS where he wrote his MSCE.

He also has most of his assets, businesses and property in Nkhotakota.

After successfully passing MSCE at Nkhunga CDSS, Jack went to Lilongwe Technical college, Durban Engineering College and The Polytechnic, University of Malawi where he studied through City and Gills.

The promising youthful aspirant has worked with several local and international companies including Illovo Sugar group in Dwangwa where he worked as a contractor, Abstruct Engineering in South Africa where he worked as a Boilermaker, SMV Engineering in South Africa as a Boilermaker Supervisor and LEAR Engineering where he managed all the affairs of the company in South Africa.

Jack also opened his own Engineering and Construction company in Durban, Kwazulu Natal called Zeal Zone Project Pty Limited which was getting huge projects.

" I have also done big projects in other African countries like Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesothu and many more and I have traveled to South Africa and other parts of Africa," he narrated.

Jack is also director of a company called Malemia Fabrication and Welding contractor

Jack says he is inspired to contest in Nkhotakota to abate the suffering of people in the constituency and God's call for him to assist his brethren in Nkhotakota North in terms of development.

" The Lord spoke to me that I should stand for his people who have been exploited for a long time by greedy and corrupt politicians who, despite having the money, have no real desire to uplift the lives of people.T hey promise the people in the constituency a lot of things but do not deliver and just use the opportunity of being an MP to exploit people and enrich themselves," he lamented.

" The community of Dwangwa is where it is from the time of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda up to now because of these greedy politicians who squander resources meant for the people. I want to serve the people of Dwangwa diligently and honestly," he emphasied.

Jack decided to come back to Malawi from South Africa following the death of his father in 2018, to support his 5 siblings and look after property left by his father.

" And I still continue supporting my children in South Africa and also the team of 40 permanent workers which I have every year during shutdown/off-crop season at the factory of Illovo Sugar group Dwangwa in Nkhotakota district," said Jack.

Jack was married to a Zulu woman with whom bore three kids namely; Njabulo Malemia, Siyabonga Malemia and Naomi Malemia. He also has a boy with a Tsosa woman named Daniel who lives in Lusikisiki in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

While Jack's father was originally from Mpalume village, T/A Mtumanje in Zomba and later moved to Domasi village, T/A Malemia in Zomba and his mother came from Chididi village, T/A Malemia in Nsanje he a son of Nkhotakota as he has lived in the district since 1998.

A recent survey conducted in Nkhotakota North constituency has shown that many people in the area are impressed with Jack's honest desire and zeal to develop the constituency and have pledged support towards his candidature.

13/12/2023

Breaking News!!

DPP CONVENTION SET FOR DECEMBER 26 and 27
..Peter Mutharika declares to contest as President

The National Governing Council (NGC) of the DPP party has set December 26 and 27 this year as dates for a National Convention to elect new office bearers, including the President.

The NGC made the resolution today at meeting held at Nkopola lodge in Mangochi.

Former President Peter Mutahrika who is also DPP President has announced that he will contest as President at the convention.

The NGC meeting was held after the Nankhumwa faction held a parallel NGC in Lilongwe last week and resolved to hold a parallel convention this weekend.

However, the court yesterday issued an injunction against all resolutions made at the Nankhumwa camp last week.

Earlier, Mutharika charged at Ken Msonda for bringing confusion in the party and demanded that Msonda should change his behaviour or return to PP of Joyce banda where he came from.

09/12/2023

VEEP CHILIMA CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

Vice President Saulos Chilima remains a better choice for President in 2025 but he is caught between a rock and hard place hence failing to make his presidential ambitions known.

With the divisions in DPP and the loss of popularity of President Lazarous Chakwera, many would have expected Chilima to start making overtures for 2025 but he is as silent as a grave.

Chilima has difficult choices to make, he can not be a running mate to Chakwera again or to anyone in 2025 as he has served as Vice President for the maximum of two consecutive terms.

The only option he has is either to contest as President in 2025 or retire to play golf or do push ups in a gym.

But he is failing to come out and declare or show signs of contesting in 2025 because he is afraid of the corruption case he is answering and that government will use it to squeeze him further.

In contrast, Kenyan President William Ruto while serving as Vice President was charged with several corruption cases but he was brave enough to pursue his presidential ambitions and won.

The corruption case Chilima is facing is a political move by the MCP to stifle his presidential ambitions and by remaining silent for too long he is dancing to the MCP tune.

Secondly, Chilima faces a court ruling made in 2009 that barred Dr Bakili Muluzi from contesting for a third term and the ruling touched on a Vice President who has served maximum two terms to face the same fate.

So right now Chilima would rather eat left overs from Chakwera and MCP table than be brave enough to face the future and pursue his presidential dreams.

But he carried hopes of so many Malawians who now feel cheated that he has abandoned them in the cold in the middle of the journey.

Chilima should forget goodwill from Chakwera because MCP gurus have tested power and how sweet it is and will not allow to change the status quo.

More than a million Malawians placed their hopes in Chilima and it is sad to see the once courageous, handsome and brilliant orator and marketer fade in such a way.

It is even more painful to see Chilima being reduced to a shadow self, dragging himself to attend state functions as a nobody and never given an opportunity to even utter a word.

But perhaps Chilima and his advisors might be thinking that there is still time to make moves, but if he can not make things known by March 2024 he should forget about coming out late in the game after Malawians have suffered alot while he remained quiet.

Malawians will never forgive him.

Late Justin Malewezi and Aleke Banda learnt the hard way that waiting so late in the game to declare your political interest is suicidal.

08/12/2023

DPP TURMOIL: JB, CHILIMA AND CHIMUNTHU ACTED SMARTER THAN KONDWANI NANKHUMWA

On different occasions, Dr Joyce Banda, Saulos Chilima and Chimunthu Banda had expressed presidential ambitions while in DPP but they were much smarter and wise than Kondwani Nankhumwa as each of them opted to move out the DPP or form their own parties than attempt to usurp elected leadership of DPP in broad-daylight.

But the blatant and open attempts by Nankhumwa using DPP Secretary General Gresedser Jeffrey wa Jeffrey to usurp DPP leadership have exposed his low level of education, wisdom and desperation for power.

In 2010, the DPP fired the then Vice President Joyce Banda who was also DPP First Vice President and Khumbo Kachali who was DPP second Vice President.

Acting smart and wise, Joyce Banda went on to form her own party Peoples Party (PP).

In 2018, Vice President Saulos Chilima acted wise and smart by opting not to challenge Peter Mutharika at a convention or hold parallel NGC or Conventions.

Chilima graciously resigned from the DPP and went on to form his UTM party.

In 2013, Henry Chimunthu Banda then holding a powerful position of Speaker of Parliament and once Secretary General of DPP gathered courage to contest at a properly convened and only DPP convention.

He acted wise and smart by not holding parallel NGC and party convention but accepted defeat to Peter Mutharika, although he disputed the election process.

In the case of Wa Jeffrey, It is not the first time for a serving Secretary General of the DPP party to be re-assigned.

In 2014, Peter Mutharika removed Dr Jean Kalilani as DPP Secretary General and re-assigned her and three others and appointed late Julius Kundontoni as new SG.

Nankhumwa is still young but he is displaying too much desperation for power and an appetite to be used by the ruling party without acting wise and smart like Joyce Banda, Chilima and Chimunthu Banda did.

It also reveals that Nankhumwa is not sure of defeating Peter Mutharika at a properly constituted and convened convention.

Peter Mutharika must act swiftly and decisively to uproot the rebellious elements of Nankhumwa and his team and save the party of his late brother Bingu wa Mutharika from extinction.

06/12/2023

WHY MCP IS SCARED OF DPP, PETER MUTHARIKA
....Sponsoring divisions in DPP

President Lazarous Chakwera's loss of popularity is scaring the MCP party, such that the ruling party is afraid of the likelihood of facing DPP and Peter Muharika again in 2025.

They are sponsoring divisions in the DPP party with the hope that Kondwani Nakhumwa can wrestle power from Mutharika and take over DPP or even form a major break away to weaken the party.

But Peter Mutharika must not underrate Nankhumwa. He is a street politician, well sponsored and hell bent at causing mayhem in DPP.

It is the announcement by Peter Mutharika in October that he will contest and bounce back in 2025 that has sent MCP in panic mode.

They are fronting Nankhumwa because he would be a weak candidate for DPP and new on the ballot paper.

There are also popular views especially among majority of DPP supporters that Nankhumwa is an MCP and Chakwera agent sponsored to destabalise the DPP.

But an objective analysis of the voting trends in Malawi is that Peter Mutharika is the necessary evil for DPP to win the 2025 elections and bounce back into government.
He is already known by voters especially those in rural areas as he has been on the ballot paper atleast three times in 2014, 2019 and 2020.
Ask any seasoned politician, they will tell you that you require atleast 3 years to sell a new candidate in Malawi to win an election. Nankhumwa and those other aspirants in DPP can not help the party win in 2025 even if they are made candidates this month. Nankhumwa would have been an ideal candidate if he took over from APM immediately after the 2020 fresh elections.
Secondly, in the 2020 fresh presidential elections Chakwera and Chilima got 2,604,043 votes representing 59.34% while APM got 1,751,877 representing 39.92%. That is a lot of votes for Mutharika and someone who did not campaign and for a party that was most hated and was at its worst in terms of popularity.
This means DPP has a traditional support base of between 35-39 % while Chakwera's vote received a boost from Chilima's 20 % plus votes.
Now with the persecution that Chilima is undergoing, coupled with the vilification and sidelining of UTM by MCP, majority of Chilima's supporters will either not vote in 2025 or vote for DPP.
This will drastically reduce Chakwera's votes to around 35% or less.
Peter Mutharika and DPP will simply have to harvest the undecided vote which is around 20% to add to their traditional vote and win the elections.
And the undecided voters are mostly in cities and towns and traditionally votes for an opposition candidate.
Without Chilima and the Tonse Alliance, MCP will have to sweat to win the 2025 elections especially with the 50+1 requirement.
Of Course Mutharika's candidacy is plummeted by two challenges and weaknesses;
The first is that he is old and will not be able to do rigorous campaign, he is already a lazy person when it comes to interacting with people. But he can compensate this weakness by choosing an energetic and charismatic running mate and surround himself with a vibrant campaign team.
Secondly, the Madala team of George Chaponda, Franscis Mphepo and the likes are a weak link to Mutharika. He needs to shake them off immediately and put them on the back burner He should surround himself with a new and energetic inner cycle to give confidence to the people.
Nankhumwa is a good guy full of potential but he is still young with a great future before him. He needs not be obsessed with becoming DPP leader or President of Malawi now and at all cost. That will be his undoing. He should just negotiate a better package for himself and make peace with APM.
Those agitating for him to fight APM and DPP are mostly MCP sympathisers because they know Nankhumwa is a weak opponent and still unknown to majority of voters especially in rural areas and with that MCP can easily beat DPP.
Peter Mutharika is the necessary evil for DPP's survival and chances to bounce back to power from opposition. But APM should seriously consider coming out of his cocoon in Mangochi and start addressing some periodic meetings and rallies across the country to give DPP supporters and other disgruntled voters confidence.
Mutharika has holed up himself in Mangochi for too long. His silence is giving the Nankhumwa team space to shine and maneuver to usurp DPP leadership.
APM should rise up and do everything in his power to rescue the party that his elder brother late Bingu wa Mutharika so loved.

25/11/2023

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25/11/2023

UNPACKING MALAWI LABOUR EXPORT TO ISRAEL

For those with short memory, Malawi in 2013 exported more than 100 youth to Dubai and Kuwait. Another 100,000 youths were expected to be exported to South Korea in a controversial labour export deal.

The youth who went to Dubai and Kuwait worked in hotels as cleaners, waiters and waitresses. The Dubai deal was handled transparently as Malawi and UAE signed a MOU which the DPP government revised and continued with the deal after taking over power in 2014.

On the other hand, the South Korea deal was shrouded in controversy but government through the ministry of labour defended it.

The MCP government labour export deal to Israel has attracted a lot of speculation because it has been done in secrecy. As they say, nature abhors secrecy.

When Leader of Opposition raised the issue in Parliament, the government side fumed and threatened Kondwani Nankhumwa.

Only for the nation to learn a few hours later that Nankhumwa was right after all.

The secrecy in the manner the Israel deal has been handled means MCP knew the risks involved. If there were no risks involved the MCP government would have announced it with pomp and fanfare.

The deal is coming at a time Thailand has just withdrawn more than 7,000 of its workers in Israel due to security threats after more than 40 foreign farm workers have been killed.

The MCP Secretary General Mkaka says Malawi is the only African country that Israel has approved for the labour export and that other African countries were rejected. The truth is that Malawi was chosen because it was the most deliberate country and had the least negotiating power for its citizens.

It is a good idea to export labour as the youth will come back with money to construct houses and support their families. But it also remains a fact that Israel is now a war zone and remains a security risk especially as most countries are withdrawing their workers and staff and severing diplomatic ties with Israel.

Another issue is that foreign farm workers are expected to pay a loan of USD 2,500 within four months for expenses of their travel arrangements.

A 2020 snapshot of Thai migration to Israel by workers rights nongovernmental organization Kav LaOved found 83% were paid below the legal minimum wage. Many do not receive legally assured entitlements and face unsafe working conditions and difficulty accessing medical care, according to the study.

The 2022 U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report characterized the treatment of some Thai workers in Israel's agricultural sector as forced labor.

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