Anti-COVID measures, return to normal life highlight Kuwait Cabinet’s decisions in 2021

Anti-COVID measures, return to normal life highlight Kuwait Cabinet’s decisions in 2021

KUWAIT: The following is a report on major events related to the Cabinet throughout 2021:

Jan 11: The Cabinet allowed entry of domestic workers, requiring them to bring PCR certificates showing negative coronavirus tests.

Jan 12: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received the Cabinet’s resignation from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah.

Jan 13: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah submitted the Cabinet’s resignation to His Highness the Amir.

Jan 24: His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, re-appointed as Kuwait’s Prime Minister, stressed enhancing the relationship between the government and the National Assembly to achieve the desired goals.

Jan 25: The Cabinet approved the state budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 with approximate expenditure amounting to KD 23.048 billion and projected income at KD 10.929 billion.

Jan 27: His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled stated while meeting with editors-in-chief of local newspapers that the government has referred to the Public Prosecution 122 cases of misappropriation of public funds, 1,691 cases encroachment on state property and 282 cases of trading in expatriates’ residencies.

Jan 27: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah stated while meeting with editors-in-chief of local newspapers, that up