Kuwait will not hire expats in the oil sector – minister

Kuwait will not hire expats in the oil sector – minister

No expatriates will be hired for positions in Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and its subsidiaries for the year 2020-21. The Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah also stated earlier this month that the Gulf state would like expat numbers to reduce to 30 per cent of the country's population - down from 70 per cent at present, as the economy faces immense strain..