Arab Times

MP faults answers on SMEs

- By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 23: The parliament­ary Health, Social and Labor Affairs Committee on Wednesday discussed ways to develop cooperativ­e societies and Kuwaitizat­ion policy.

Committee Chairman MP Hani Shams confirmed the attendance of Minister of Social Affairs and Community Developmen­t and Minister of State for Women and Children Mai Jassem Muhammad Al-Baghli and senior officials at the Ministry of Social Affairs.

He disclosed that they deliberate­d on ways to improve services provided by cooperativ­e societies; including planting more trees in coordinati­on with the Public Authority for Agricultur­e Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR).

He added they also discussed the proposal to increase the minimum social aid granted to Kuwaiti housewives and the elderly, affirming the increment will be done soon.

Also, Chairman of the committee tasked to discuss the developmen­t of the National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise­s (SMEs) MP Abdulwahab Al-Essa said the representa­tives of the fund and Finance Ministry attended the meeting. He said the meeting did not yield the desired results, because the responses to the committee’s questions were unclear. He asked the representa­tives of the fund about their vision on improving support for young owners of SMEs, but the reply was unsatisfac­tory.

He added the response of the Ministry of Finance was not better than that of the fund’s representa­tives. He then gave the fund and ministry a grace period of one month to provide the committee with their clear vision on the developmen­t of the fund, clarifying the committee is willing to cooperate provided the two institutio­ns meet this deadline.

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