Pay One Month Salary During Ramadan

As required by the Constitution, 19 lawmakers urged His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to form the new government within the next two weeks. These lawmakers warned Wednesday that they would use their constitutional tools to push political questioning if the new government was formed beyond the specified period. They stressed the need to adhere to the Constitution as it is the foundation of cooperation and a way to settle disputes.

The lawmakers who signed the statement are Muhammad Al-Mutair, Adel Al-Damkhi, Abdulwahab Al-Essa, Khalid Al-Tamar, Fares Al-Otaibi, Mubarak Al- Tasha, Abdullah Al- Anbaie, Thamer Al-Suwait, Osama Al- Shaheen, Hamad Al-Matar, Abdulaziz Al- Saqaabi, Khalid Al-Otaibi, Muhammad Al- Hewaila, Muhammad Hayef Al-Mutairi, Hamad Al- Obaid, Mubarak Al-Hajraf, Muhammad Al-Mahan, Marzouq Al-Hebeini and Al- SaifiMubarak Al-Saifi. As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, MP Khalil Al-Saleh proposed granting one month's salary to public sector workers and retirees. In the face of rising prices, he explained that this will ease the financial burdens of families.
In contrast, MP Hani Shams contacted Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Amani Bugamaz about the recent decision to change working hours, which prompted the workers to protest. He wants to know why the protesting workers were interrogated. He also demanded a copy of the decision.

Asked by MP Falah Al-Hajri if it is true that the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs has given up its seat on Kuwait Finance House (KFH)'s Board of Directors, Abdulaziz Majed Al-Majed, Minister of Justice, Endowments and Islamic Affairs and State Minister for Integrity Promotion. If yes, is this part of the duties of a caretaker minister? Specifically, he wanted to know if the minister had the authority to take such action and if the government had approved it. In addition, he requested a list of violations reported by the Recruitment Department, including illegal appointments, steps taken to address the violations, comments and violations by the State Audit Bureau (SAB) against the Ministry of Justice, Endowments and Islamic Affairs since 2020 and actions taken. MP Muhannad Al-Sayer forwarded queries to all ministers about Civil Service Commission (CSC) resolution number 35/1992 on giving supervisory positions like the heads of offices and secretaries of ministers only to Kuwaitis. He wants to know the number of expatriates occupying such positions in every ministry and subsidiary institutions.

MP Thamer Al-Suwait asked Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Barrak Al-Sheetan to provide him with the names, qualifications, salaries, and allowances of the members of the Legal Affairs Committee at the Council of Ministers, the committee's agenda and accomplishments in the past year, and the committee's recommendations and reports since 2019. As part of her request, MP Jenan Bu Shehri asked the finance minister for copies of the report of SAB about the enterprises financed by the National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises, as well as correspondences between the fund and SAB in response to the latter’s request for an answer within one month to its report dated Dec 26, 2022. She wants to know if the Board of Directors of the fund discussed the report, members of the technical committee tasked to evaluate the enterprises registered in the fund since its establishment till date, and action taken regarding the violations included in the report of SAB like the forgery of official documents.

The MP for National Assembly Affairs, Housing, and Urban Development, Saoud Al-Asfour, has enquired about the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) unit tasked with overseeing Incheon International Company, which operates Terminal Four at Kuwait International Airport under a contract signed by the DGCA and South Korean company Incheon Airport Company. He cited the report of SAB that almost KD15 million has yet to be collected from Incheon Airport Company, so he inquired about the reasons behind the delayed collection; whether Kuwait International Airport's workers were trained by Incheon Airport Company in accordance with the contract, and how many trained employees there were in comparison to the total.

 

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