The pathetic living conditions that tobacco tenants in estates are being subjected to have made Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Grace Chiumia to warn estate owners.
During her visit to Kasungu on Wednesday to inspect estates and farms on child labour, the minister noticed that tenants are living in appalling conditions where a family of seven shares a small shack made of grass and covered with mud.
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