KUWAIT CITY, June 1: The period for the 2023 parliamentary election candidates to withdraw their candidates has ended, during which a total of 40 candidates opted out of the electoral race. The total number of candidates in the election slated for June 6 now stands at 207. Meanwhile, Fourth Constitu
KUWAIT CITY, April 4: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim adjourned Tuesday’s session until after Eid Al-Fitr in accordance with Article 116 of the Constitution due to lack of quorum, non-issuance of a decree on forming the new government and absence of the caretaker government. He then expl
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 26: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah opened on Tuesday the second session of the 16th legislative term of the National Assembly with calls for cooperation and serving the nation. In his opening speech to parliament, His Highness the Amir reiterated the
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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 16: His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah expressed his pain at the damage caused to the owners of Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to the educational attainment of students and the failure of athletes to practice their activities, “but the greater pain is the continuing epidemic situation amid the rise (of cases).”
His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah
This came in a speech by His Highness the Prime Minister at the extraordinary session of the National Assembly, held on Tuesday to discuss governmental procedures and policies in dealing with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the mutated strains. “Today we completed a year and we welcome a new one, and now, after 45 days of the new year, we have begun to enter into an alarming situation, as the number of deaths in the past 15 days has reached 50 cases,” said the Premier.