MEW keen on securing 15 pc of ‘power’ from renewable energy
Judiciary has full political leadership backing: Al-Afasi
KUWAIT CITY, April 3, (KUNA): The Ministry of Electricity and Water on Tuesday affirmed its keenness on realizing His Highnes the Amir vision as to securing 15 percent of domestic power demand from renewable energy by onset of 2030.
Mounting power demand in Kuwait should prompt all stakeholders to come up with practical solutions to minimize dependence on oil to produce energy, said Mohammad Al-Sharhan, the assistant underssecretary for technical services.
Employing the renewable energy is one of these solutions, he said, also noting that his department had inked a deal with South Korea to install small solar energy panels.
He was speaking in a statement during inauguration of Kuwait Technology and Sustainable Energy Conference.
Meanwhile, Kuwait Minister of Justice Fahad Al-Afasi said Monday political leadership in Kuwait highly appreciated judges and public prosecutors, so they could carry out their “sacred mission.” The Ministry of Justice is keen on facilitating mission of judges and prosecutors, Al-Afasi, also Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, said.
He was speaking to KUNA on sidelines of an international justice conference, in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.
Al-Afasi noted Kuwait Constitution guaranteed independence of judiciary, which was the guardian of rights and freedoms of the public.
He said his participation in the conference stemmed from Kuwait’s desire to reach out to Arab and international partners to further promote independence of judiciary.
Al-Afasi, in his address to the conference earlier, said constitution was providing guarantees for judges to carry out their role “in an independent manner and away from any influence of guidance.” The constitution of Kuwait, he added, affirmed “there is no authority over the judge in the court room and the intereference in judicial process is forbidden.” The international conference features ministers, chief justices, prosecutors and legal experts from 80 Arab and Western countries.
Furthermore, Kuwait Ministry of Social Affairs said Monday it issued a number of guidelines aimed at better organizing charity during upcoming Holy Month of Ramadhan, and affirmed collection of donations was illegal unless permitted by Ministry.
Hanaa Al-Hajri, Assistant Undersecretary for Social Development, said 31 charitable societies have expressed desire to participate in a ministry-supervised donation campaigns during Ramadhan.
She added the ministry was coordinating with Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Ministry of Interior, Kuwait Municipality and the Manpower authority to have a better control over collection of donations and those who manage them. Al-Hajri said cash collection was forbidden, and the only means to pay any grant would be via debit cards, online payments or bank transfer.
Material donations, she said, should be registered in invoices.