‘Traders push for VAT will never succeed’ KUWAIT CITY, Dec 1: MP Saleh Ziab Al-Mutairi submitted a bill to amend Children and Women’s Rights Law No. 21/2015 in order to grant female Kuwaiti public sector employees who are taking care of their children two hours off to carry out their maternal dut
‘Traders push for VAT will never succeed’ KUWAIT CITY, Dec 1: MP Saleh Ziab Al-Mutairi submitted a bill to amend Children and Women’s Rights Law No. 21/2015 in order to grant female Kuwaiti public sector employees who are taking care of their children two hours off to carry out their maternal dut
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
Parliament ‘cancels’ ordinary session due to govt’s absence
KUWAIT CITY, May 25: The National Assembly cancelled its ordinary session on Tuesday after Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim received information that the government will not attend the session, because several MPs occupied the front seats allocated for the ministers. Al-Ghanim announced that the next ordinary session will be held on June 8 and 9. He then distributed invitations to the MPs and government to the special session slated for Thursday. He disclosed the agenda of the special session includes the following: 1. Oath taking of MP-elect Obaid Al-Wasmi as per Article 91 of the Constitution, 2. Proposal of the government to allocate additional budget for the incentive of frontline employees dealing with the Covid-19 crisis to be included in the State budget for fiscal 2020/ 2021, 3. Proposal to discuss the Israeli attacks on Palestinian people and report of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee on the bill about th
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KUWAIT CITY, April 24: In a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing registration of candidates for the supplementary National Assembly election slated for May 22, 2021 to fill up the seat vacated by former MP Badr Al-Dahoum in the Fifth Constituency, politician and former MP Dr Obaid Al-Wasmi announced his decision to join the electoral race. Several MPs expressed support for the decision of Al- Wasmi and this increases the number of candidates to 27, including two women. Dr Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi decided to withdraw his candidacy after Al-Wasmi announced that he will contest the elections, indicating it is no longer necessary for him to stand for the elections as Al-Wasmi will most likely emerge victorious. Election analyst Munif Al- Sarrai said Al-Wasmi is expected to win almost 60 percent of the total number of votes.