Delivery license holders waiting for regulatory decision of Traffic Dept
Ministry probes citizen’s complaint of underweight rice bag
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 16: Those holding licenses for delivery companies are waiting for the issuance of regulations concerning registration of vehicles and motorcycles, and the capacity allowed for each license, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting informed sources.
They explained that the General Traffic Department, after setting the limit for every delivery license at 15 motorcycles and ten cars, suspended registration licenses for vehicles and bikes until a regulatory decision is issued this month.
The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has started collecting a fee of KD 500 as a financial guarantee for every worker registered as a driver, and this amount will be returned to the owner of the license in the event that the worker leaves work or the company is closed.
The sources revealed that the license holders and the union of delivery companies intend to carry out a protest in case the regulatory decision is not issued, given that preventing the registration of vehicles and motorcycles without a legal basis disrupts their interests and the interests of the commercial establishments for which they provide the service, especially restaurants.
The sources indicated that there are 200 commercial licenses for delivery services for small projects.
They affirmed that the licenses for delivery services serve about 30,000 licensed restaurants, in addition to various home projects, adding that
the number of workers in each project ranges between 50 and 300 depending on the ability of the owner of the delivery company to license and pay financial guarantees.
The sources highlighted the recent meetings with the leaders of government agencies in order to look into these licenses, and study the demand of the license owners to allow them to register vehicles and motorcycles and raise the numbers until the regulatory decision is issued.
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that it is investigating a video clip that showed a bag of rice with less weight, reports Al-Rai daily.
In a press statement, the ministry said, “After studying the video that went viral on social media, and
Ministry probes video:
showed a bag of rice that was underweight, necessary communication has been made with the concerned department for verification and required action. If it is proven that the owner of the video was given a bag of rice of lesser weight than what was written on it, necessary legal action will be taken.”
It explained that rice is dispensed to the citizens in the ration branches on a kilogram basis and not on sackbasis.
The quantity of rice may have been unloaded from the sacks depending on the number of individuals registered in the ration card of the owner of the sack that was highlighted in the anonymous video.
The ministry affirmed that its control extends from the entry of food supplies to the stores of the Kuwait Catering Company and until the branches deliver the supplies to the owner of the card. After this, the
responsibility for oversight is transferred to the citizens.
It called on the holders of ration cards to verify the weight of the packs before exiting the catering branch.
The ministry stressed the continuous follow-up of the ration branches by the inspection teams of the ministry.
It urged the owner of the anonymous video to submit a complaint to the ministry through its official channels so that necessary action can be taken.
The ministry also called on citizens to make sure they get supplies of proper weight dispensed to them by matching the bill with the scale before leaving the supply branches.
It appealed to citizens not to hesitate to call the hotline No. 135 or visit the nearest commercial control center in the governorates in case they want to submit a formal complaint.