Policeman forges documents to give nephew citizenship

A police officer was arrested and referred to the public prosecution on charges of forging official documents, said security sources. Case papers indicate that a first lieutenant brought his pregnant sister back to Kuwait from Saudi Arabia after her husband divorced her. The sources added that the officer admitted his sister to hospital under his wife’s name and thus registered the child under his name so that the baby could get Kuwaiti citizenship.

Employees penalized

Kuwait Municipality yesterday referred 30 employees working in municipal sectors in Riqqa and Nuwaiseeb to the legal affairs department for not showing up to work during the recent national holidays. The municipality’s assistant director for financial and administrative affairs Waleed Al-Jassem said that inspection visits to various sections had revealed the violations and employees’ absence. He added that such inspections will be held all week long.

Distance learning

The private universities’ council announced intentions to adopt and approve distance learning, which is already spreading in the field of education in the Middle East. The council also pointed out that a decree was made to activate the British study systems and attract more British universities to Kuwait once the proposal is financially discussed and lands are provided for the project.

Expired meds

A recent report made by the State Audit Bureau stressed finding large quantities of expired medicines in health ministry warehouses in Subhan in 2012, 2013 and 2014, with a total cost of KD 8 million. The bureau also reported that nothing had been done on the ministry’s side to limit those quantities and stop wasting public funds.