Jleeb will not be the same after 3 mths of cleaning campaign: Engr Al-Manfouhi
Workers protest interference for promotion of kin
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 14: Director of Kuwait Municipality Engr Ahmad Al-Manfouhi raised the challenge flag in dealing with Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area, announcing that this Sunday will be the day when the cleanup operation of the area will start and continue for the next three months, reports Al-Rai daily.
In an interview, he vowed that the area, after the operation, will not be the same as it is currently.
Al-Manfouhi explained that the standard of excellence in the Municipality is better than before, and it continues to improve further. It is the oldest government institution, from which other institutions emerged, even though this created problems, as it led to entanglement, interdependence, and overlap between the institutions of the State.
He said, “E-development and reliance on Digital Service is the most important anti-corruption tools, as the computer does not discriminate; therefore, approval does not come only when the requirements are fulfilled”.
Al-Manfouhi revealed that the presence of an integrated team to follow up social media, especially since there are important decisions being made because of social media, adding that the municipality has a law that specifies means for dealing with construction violations, which is insufficient to eliminate this phenomenon.
He stressed that the executive board of the Municipality requested the National Assembly for some tools such as direct power cuts and removal of such violations, but the legislator refused to do so out of fear of excessive use of force in this regard.
Nepotism galore:
Oil sector employees have expressed anger over the alleged interference of former Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) board members to push for the promotion of their relatives working in the sector, reports AlQabas daily quoting sources.
Source pointed out such attitude negatively affects the sector as it contravenes the equal opportunities principle, adding that the resentment of the employees grew after the appointment of a director general at KPC and director for health and safety at Kuwait International Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) as one of them is the son of a former KPC board member and the other is his relative.
Sources revealed the two relatives occupied senior positions despite the fact that there are more qualified and experienced employees nominated for these posts. They continued saying that another board member helped his nephew occupy deputy CEO position at KPC and his son as director of operations at Khafji joint project although he previously worked at Gulf Energy Company. Sources said this is the first time that an employee who worked outside the company is appointed to such position.
Sources added a relative of the chairperson of the committee in charge of nominating senior officials was promoted recently, while the son of a former KPC board member was appointed as director at Kuwait National Petroleum Company. (KNPC).