Kuwait’s government lists 107 projects in its 4-year program

Kuwait’s government lists 107 projects in its 4-year program

By B Izzak

KUWAIT: The government on Sunday submitted to the national assembly its four-year program in which it included 107 major projects covering all economic, social, entertainment and human resources fields to be completed through to 2027. Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun invited MPs for a special debate on the program on Tuesday.

Under the program, the government pledged to operate a number of mega projects like Kuwait’s part of the Gulf Railway project, operating in the third year the new Kuwait Airport Terminal 2 and raising the number of flights to and out of Kuwait from 240,000 to 650,000 flights by building three new runways. It said the government will revise the country’s residence law for foreigners without providing further details and vowed to take measures as part of its plan to reduce the number of expats in the country, currently forming just under 70 percent of Kuwait’s 4.5 million population.

The government also vowed to build or repair thousands of kilometers of roads, mostly damaged by rain, and operate the long-delayed Mubarak Al-Kabir Container Harbour on Boubiyan Island facing Iraq with a capacity of 8.1 million containers when completed. The government said the main target of the program is to transfer Kuwait into a