Nazaha hosts workshop on financial disclosure
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Public Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) held a workshop on Nazaha’s establishment law and the provisions of financial disclosure at its headquarters yesterday. During his presentation, executive Saleh Al-Taneeb, who is also the director of the department of the committees to examine reports and preparation of financial disclosures, said the workshop comes from the role of Nazaha in raising awareness about the provisions of law no. 2 of 2016 on the need to submit financial disclosure forms within the legally prescribed dates.
Taneeb added that this workshop was held due to the imminent period of updating the financial disclosures of approximately 13,000 citizens starting from mid-November 2019. “This workshop aims to identify the components of financial disclosure and the way to inquire about the date of updating the declaration, and how to fill it in a proper and complete form. This is in addition to the definition of the role of inspection committees and the role of the commission in maintaining the privacy, confidentiality and security of these declarations,” he said.
On the role of the committees, Taneed said that the committees for examining financial disclosure reports check whether there are illegal earnings. Then the inspection committees prepare a report about illegal gains and pass judgment after hearing statements of the person in question. The workshop included a presentation on Nazaha’s establishment law and the goals and priorities of Kuwait’s integrity and anticorruption strategy. The presentation also elaborated on the financial disclosure system and how to fill and update the relevant forms as per the dates determined by the law.