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KUWAIT CITY, April 6: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim said he will not slip into the swamp of offending others, which is part of the systematic campaigns conducted by some parties, asserting he will always follow the right path and that several facts will be revealed soon.
National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanim
In a press statement, Al- Ghanim pointed out the political field recently witnessed financed campaigns, including unprecedented groundless claims and lies against him, the MPs and senior officials. He disclosed that they claimed he prevented journalists from entering the Assembly building and they circulated photoshopped footages and pictures on social media which are totally wrong.
PM absence regretted
KUWAIT CITY, March 11: The parliamentary Education, Culture and Guidance Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved bills regarding the allowance of Kuwaitis studying at Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET), as well as those on local scholarship.
Committee Chairman MP Hamad Al-Matar disclosed that they approved the proposal to increase the allowance from KD200 to KD300 per month; as well as the suggestion to add male Kuwaiti students married to non-Kuwaitis, Bedouns and children of Kuwaiti women married to non- Kuwaitis to the beneficiaries of the allowance.
He explained that Bedouns were added to the beneficiaries, taking into consideration their small number and the need to support them as their success in pursuing higher studies implies they are excellent and dedicated students. In another development, the Budgets and Final Accounts Committee on Wednesday tackled two issues – profits retained by several publ
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KUWAIT CITY, March 7: The parliamentary Human Resources and Public Funds Protection committees were set to meet on Sunday to discuss various bills and reports. Items in the agenda of the Human Resources Committee include bills on nationalizing jobs in the public sector; such as that of MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari on obligating ministries, public institutions and independent authorities to replace expatriate workers with Kuwaitis within one year. According to the bill, vacant posts in the abovementioned entities should never be filled with expatriates unless no Kuwaiti applies for the job. In such case, it is possible to hire expatriates, but they should be under temporary contracts which will be renewed annually if necessary. Every entity should regularly submit reports on vacancies without Kuwaiti applicants to the concerned authorities in order to determine the reasons why no citizen applies for the job.
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KUWAIT CITY, March 1: The parliamentary Budgets and Final Accounts Committee on Monday discussed the budgets of the National Assembly for fiscals 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. Rapporteur of the committee MP Badr Al-Dahoum disclosed the Assembly signed a contract with a lawyer’s office for the provision of legal services to Al- Majles TV at KD30,000 per year. He said the committee recommended the termination of the contract, because the Assembly has a Legal Affairs Department which represents it in court and provides legal services.
He added the Assembly signed the contract with a lawyer known for attacking and insulting MPs who do not agree with the policies adopted by Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim on social media. It seems the contract is the price that the lawyer was paid for insulting the MPs.
Court dismisses appeal regarding 2020 elections results
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 24: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim on Wednesday received in his office several economic experts who submitted a document titled, “Before Time Runs Out.” The document contains recommendations to address the economic problems of the country and a plan for achieving sustainable development.
Adnan AbdulSamad and Abdullah Al-Turaiji
They also discussed the chaotic and weak economic structure of the country, while stressing the importance of creating a solid economic system for the country to be competitive in the financial and economic fields. Present at the meeting were MPs Adnan Abdulsamad, Abdullah Al-Turaiji, Ahmed Al-Hamad and Ali Al-Qattan; while the economic experts included Drs Dari Al-Rasheed, Abdulrahman Al-Taweel, Nawaf Abduljader, Yaaqoub Baqer, Sulaiman Al-Badr and Ahmed Ashkanani.