Call it a fair deal
As the nation demands more, the government has woken up to a new system. I love it guys. It could not be more cynical. If we demand something, the government finds a way to buy it for us and to silence us. Instead of serving as a government, they turn into a shopping mall. The latest suggestion that was leaked to the media is that the government is studying an idea to face the demands by parliament to raise the children’s allowance.
Currently the allowance is KD 50 per child. Parliamentarians are demanding that it should be at least KD 75 or KD 100. Of course the government’s brilliant and shrewd consultants immediately solved the problem - give them diapers and baby milk. That should settle the problem. Like this those who are just producing kids for the sake of collecting KD 50 or KD 75 or KD100 will get baby milk and diapers. Of course they can sell it later at the traffic lights at a cheaper price with bedoon kid vendors.
The nation demands that the KD 70,000 house allowance is insufficient to buy a house. This, in all honesty is not enough. In India you can buy a beautiful house by the lake. In Nepal you can get a castle for a fraction of this amount. In the Middle East and nighbouring countries, you can also buy a decent house with that amount.
My dear friends, in Kuwait with KD 70,000 you cannot even build a kitchen. The land alone, and I have said this a hundred times, will cost at least KD 400,000 unless you opt to live on the border near Khafji. You might get if lucky if you find a plot of 300 sq m for KD 100,000. So the government decides to solve the problem by giving KD 30,000 worth of cement and building materials. Do not forget who will be the lucky one who will win the tender to provide these materials. Same is the story with the baby milk and diapers. Which importer will get the tender?
Thank God, women are not asking for a raise otherwise the suggestion will be the provision of free tampons and foundation creams for your makeup. The more the nation demands from now on, it will be a trade deal. I think the next thing for the government is to turn into a big shopping mall that will compete with the Avenues.
God bless the nation. Have a happy Hala February!