Bill on adding KD 600m to budgets for frontliners reward on the anvil – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

Bill on adding KD 600m to budgets for frontliners reward on the anvil – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

KUWAIT CITY, April 21: The Parliamentary Priorities Committee on Tuesday agreed to include in the agenda of the upcoming National Assembly session the bill on adding KD600 million to the budgets of various institutions and ministries for the reward of workers on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus, says Chairman of the committee MP Hesham Al-Saleh. Al-Saleh expects approval of the bill in the upcoming session of the Assembly and payment of the reward to deserving employees before Eid Al-Fitr.

Meanwhile, MP Abdulaziz Al-Saqaabi asked Minister of Education Ali Fahd Al-Mudaf about the procedures taken by the ministry to ensure that the companies providing security guards and cleaning workers which signed contracts with the ministry are paying the salaries of workers on time during the coronavirus crisis. He wants to know if the ministry uncovered violations committed by some companies, penalties imposed on them, and if the ministry paid dues to the contracting companies on time as stated in the contracts. He requested for copies of the contracts that the ministry signed with the contracting companies since the beginning of the crisis.

MP Adnan Abdulsamad forwarded queries to Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Minister of State