Difficulty in recruiting skilled workers: official
Kuwait Amir’s Rep in Turkiye for Islamic Solidarity Games
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 9: Head of the Kuwait Union of Domestic Labor Recruitment Offices Khaled Al-Dakhnan affirmed that the decision of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to set a higher limit for the recruitment of domestic workers makes it difficult for the offices to recruit skilled workers, especially considering the existing competition with other countries that depend on the open market system, reports Al-Anba daily. In a press statement, he said, “Kuwait was and still is the cheapest among the Gulf countries in terms of the recruitment price. Other countries offer much higher prices than what is offered in Kuwait.
It is unreasonable for offices in the exporting countries to provide us with skilled and distinguished workers when other countries are paying much higher amounts”.
Al-Dakhnan indicated that the owners of the domestic labor recruitment offices incur a lot of the fees imposed by Kuwait and the labor-supplying countries. He said he was surprised to know that the ministry did not seek the opinion of the union, even though it is the official body responsible for the recruitment offices in Kuwait.
Al-Dakhnan appealed to the concerned authorities to reverse the decision in favor of the citizens and the recruiting agencies.
He indicated that the Ministry of Commerce, in its decision, set the prices for the recruitment of African domestic workers even though the concerned authorities had not originally signed any memorandum of understanding with any one of the countries to bring in their workers.
Al-Dakhnan said the union has been waiting for years to sign a memorandum of understanding with Ethiopia, but it has not yet signed it.
Technical glitch: A technical glitch in the automated system disrupted the registration process on the first day of registration at the Kuwait University for students for the first semester forcing the Deanship of Admission and Registration to reschedule the students’ registration dates, reports Al-Qabas daily.
On his Twitter account, the Dean of Admission and Registration, Dr. Mishaal Al-Gharaballi, indicated that the registration system reopened at 7 pm again and all 4:00 pm were entertained at 7 pm according to the priorities for registration.
Al-Gharabally announced that students who weren’t able to register for courses in the system at 5 pm were allowed to reregister at 8 pm, in order to preserve the priority of registration for those who had registration dates at 4 pm and were unable to register.
The Deputy Director-General for Standardization and Industrial Services, Engineer Muhammad Eid Al-Adwani has been assigned to carry out the duties of the Director-General of the Public Authority for Industry, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting reliable sources.
He succeeds the former director, Abdul Karim Taqi, who is referred to retirement after he allegedly refused to relinquish his position when he was requested to, and accordingly a decision was issued to terminate his services and send him into retirement.
In addition, the sources reported that all five positions in the Public Authority for Industry are now vacant, both in terms of managers carrying out the work of deputy directors, who have been commissioned for years.
ANKARA, Aug 9, (KUNA): Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf AlAhmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, arrived in Turkiye Tuesday to attend the opening of the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games.
Kuwait will participate in the tournament in the Turkish city of Konya, which will start later in the day and will continue until August 18, with players who will participate in the competitions through games such as swimming, judo, karate, taekwondo, archery, and table tennis.
The tournament, held under the umbrella of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation hosted by Turkiye for the first time, will involve players representing over 50 Islamic countries.
Last year, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, Representative of His Highness the Amir, Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, headed Tuesday to Turkiye to attend the opening of the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Solidarity Games is an event that always focuses on bolstering ties, making it a vital function for people in the Muslim world, said a Kuwaiti official on Tuesday.
Speaking to KUNA prior to the opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the games held in Konya, Turkiye, member of the board for the Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) Sheikh Jaber Thamer Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah revealed that senior figures such as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be attending the event.
He added that Kuwait Minister of Information Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi would be present as a representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Sheikh Jaber expressed Kuwait’s keenness on partaking in the prestigious games, featuring around 6,000 athletes from 56 countries.
Kuwaiti athletes are ready to put on a show and win competition during the games, he affirmed.
On her part, head of the Kuwaiti delegation Fatimah Hayat revealed that runners Mudhawi Al-Shimmari and Ibrahim AlDhafiri had qualified to the final of their respective competitions, which were the 100 and 800 meters race.
Kuwait has 58 athletes partaking in the event lasting until August 19.
‘Justice’ statistics:
The Ministry of Justice revealed the semi-annual statistics of the efforts and technological capabilities of some of the various departments of the Ministry and the number of its users, reports Al-Rai daily.
The statistic included a statement of the ministry’s electronic advertising operations, the number of payments of amounts collected through the electronic justice portal, the number of actions taken at the General Administration of Implementation, the achievements of service centers, and the number of administrations’ operations.
It also showed the total amounts collected through the electronic justice portal and the total amounts that were supplied to the General Administration of Execution, and the operations of the programs for justice departments.
The statistics showed that the total amounts collected through the portal amounted to KD 37,379,289.538, while the total amounts received through the General Administration of Implementation amounted to 317,407,755.344.
The Ministry of Justice also confirmed that these current and upcoming efforts are positively reflected on the citizen by completing his transactions through the justice portal.