‘Disarray’ draws motorists ire gone to take seized cars
Prices vary as visa traders business flourishing: report
By Munaif Nayef
Al-Seyassah Staff and
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 22: Two Kuwaitis were arrested for impersonating police to rob Asian expatriates of their personal effects. The officers recovered stolen wallets belonging to Asians and KD 1600 cash from the suspects.
A security source said patrolmen on a round of Farwaniya area went to the rescue of two expatriates requesting help and found out that two youths in police uniform stole their wallets and escaped in a vehicle. They provided details of the suspects to the officers and investigation revealed they’re Kuwaitis.
Disarray raises ire:
Chaos and resentment prevailed when some people went to collect their vehicles which were impounded by the authorities from motorists who were caught not wearing the seat belts or speaking on the phone while driving, reports AlQabas daily.
After the exception of some cases, since last Thursday, the places where impounded vehicles are kept saw hundreds of people who had gone to pick their vehicles and most of them left the place angrily because they did not get a satisfactory answer to their queries or failed to find their cars.
This situation confirms that the decision was taken without a thorough study or organization. The motorists were asked to look for their cars from among the hundreds of cars parked on an open ground. When someone failed to find his/her car, they were told to look for the car elsewhere in another governorate.
When someone found the vehicle, getting it released was not easy. One had to spend between four and five hours to complete the procedures.
Add to this the long time spent to make copies of licences, registration books and civil IDs which almost took Acting Minister of Information and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah AlMubarak Al-Sabah inaugurated Wednesday the Al-Kout Fire Station in Sabah Al-Ahmad Residential City in Ahmadi Governorate.
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah said Al-Kout Fire Station is the first to open in the city that consists of 11,000 residential units, disclosing the opening of Arifjan Fire Station will follow next year.
an entire day and even after completion of the procedures some of them had to return back empty handed to begin another exercise the next day and at the end of all this to be told the vehicle has not yet been registered in the system.
‘Visa rates vary’:
Since some expatriates from certain nationalities need special approval from the security authorities to enter the country on new visas, this trend is linked to the ‘sale’ of visas by residence traders, reports AlQabas daily quoting reliable sources.
The sources said the more strict measures adopted on some nationalities, the higher the ‘sale price’ of visas.
According to the visa traders charge
He added Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) will inaugurate five fire stations in 2018 as part of its strategic plan to reduce time between the call about a fire and the response. He revealed the plan includes upgrading of equipment, human resource development, renovation of stations and providing them with the most advanced equipment.
On the other hand, Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Khalid
the Egyptian between KD 1,500 and KD 1,800; Jordanians KD 1,000 and KD 1,200; Lebanese KD 2,000 to KD 2,500 and Iraqis KD 4,000 and KD 5,500.
In the case of Asians Indians are charged between KD 500 and KD 700; Bangladeshis KD 1,600 and KD 2,200; Filipinos KD 400 and KD 600; Afghans KD 3,000 and KD 5,000; Pakistanis KD 2,500 and KD 3,500. Among the Africans Eritreans pay between 800 and KD 1,100 and Madagascans KD 400 and KD 500.
Some sources say the black market is very big for visa traders in Kuwait.
The business is brisk worth millions of dinars to an extent there are companies which make an annual Al-Hamad Al-Sabah affirmed their commitment to complete the vital services network for the safety and convenience of citizens. He then thanked the Ministry of Interior and KFSD for their efforts in this regard.
KFSD Director General Lieutenant General Khalid Al-Mekrad confirmed that the directorate is keen on reducing response time for emergencies such that it ranges from four to six minutes only.
profit of not less than 100,000 dinars a year using fake offices.
Fake gold seized:
Ministry of Commerce and Industry confiscated six kilograms of faked golden crafts at the value of KD 80,000 (around $261,000) in various locations of AlMubarakeya and Al-Rai areas, and culprits were referred for prosecution, says KUNA.
The confiscated jewelry is of duplication of international brands and is stuffed with nonprecious substances in order to increase the weight of the gold goods, and the shops also sell them as being purely gold goods to make profits in illegal methods, the Ministry said in a statement.