‘Hike marriage loan granted to Kuwaitis planning to wed’

‘Hike marriage loan granted to Kuwaitis planning to wed’

KUWAIT CITY: MP Majed Al-Mutairi has submitted a proposal to increase to KD10,000 the marriage loan granted to young citizens who are planning to get married. The proposal states that these youths will not be required to pay half of the loaned amount – KD5,000; while the other half will be paid through monthly installment of KD50 starting one year after obtaining the loan.

MP Fares Al-Otaibi proposed transforming the country into a regional center for the treatment of cancer. He suggested increasing the capacity of Kuwait Cancer Control Center, providing the center with the most advanced equipment, hiring international and national doctors specialized in the treatment of cancer, supplying the required medicines, and raising public awareness on the prevention and treatment of cancer.

MPs Muhammad Al-Mutair, Abdullah Fehad, Mubarak Al- Tasha, Muhammad Hayef and Mehalhal Al-Mudaf submitted a bill on adding an article to Future Generations Fund Decree number 106/1976; stating that 20 percent of the annual profits from the investments of the fund should be distributed equally to adult citizens. They pointed out that the revenues of the fund in the last five years exceeded the oil revenues; hence, it is possible to grant 20 percent of the profits to