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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, Feb 3: MPs Mehalhal Al-Mudaf, Abdullah Al-Mudaf, Hamad Rouhaldeen, Muhannad Al-Sayer and Hassan Jawhar have submitted a bill on amending Public Funds Protection Law number 1/1993 to toughen penalties for those who steal public money.
The bill stipulates that if the stolen money is more than KD 100,000; the perpetrator will be sentenced to 10 years in prison up to life imprisonment. If a public sector employee assigned in a department involved in contracting, supply and other related procedures is convicted of gaining illegal public money for himself or for others, he will be imprisoned for a period ranging from 15 years to a lifetime.