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News Summary Report Wed / Nov. 07, 2018
Domestic Affairs
Current and Previous Leaders as well as Contractors Shall be Held Accountable for the Rain Crisis : Al-Roumi
Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Municipality Affairs, engineer, Hossam Al- Roumi declared that all current and retired leaders as well as contractors shall be held accountable for the rain crisis.
“ As per the instructions of H.E. the Prime Minister, Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, a technical and legal fact-finding commission has been formed from neutral bodies to identify aspects of deficiencies and errors”, said Al-Roumi in a press statement yesterday, and he remarked that the commission shall declare the results in a transparent way. He confirmed that he shall not be hesitant to hold underperforming officials accountable whatever their positions, whether they are still in position or retired.
He further affirmed taking all legal actions to hold accountable all entities, which shall be proved to be responsible for the crisis, including contractors of companies that undertaken those projects.
He pointed out to the emergency meeting that was held today morning (yesterday) with leaders of the Public Authority for Roads and Transportation, MPW, Kuwait Municipality, KFSD, and the General Directorate for Traffic to assess the current condition.
He indicated that the volume of rain on Kuwait city was estimated to be 58 mm, Kuwait Airport 40mm, and Salemya 40mm, which is above the usual rates.
Al-Roumi remarked that he held a meeting on October 25th of this year with leaders of the Roads Authority and MPW to ensure their follow-up of maintenance and cleaning of rainfall networks, as well as readiness of main and subsidiary roads to the rain season.
Al-Roumi further affirmed that these procedures are taken to achieve the objectives set by the government to enhance transparency and anticorruption efforts.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Anas Al-Saleh issued a decision of referring the GM of the Public Authority for Roads and Transportation, Ahmad Al-Hassan to retirement as per the request of the Minister of Works, engineer, Hossam Al-Roumi.
Al-Roumi further declared non-renewal for Undersecretary of MPW, engineer, Awatef Al- Ghunaim, and to refer her to retirement after the termination of legal period since 8 months.
An official source revealed to Al-Anbaa that the most significant nominees to be appointed at the position of the undersecretary of MPW as success to Al-Ghunaim is Talal Al-Azaina, whose period has been renewed by the Cabinet for other four prospective years – Al-Anbaa, P.8
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His Highness PM heads 120th Supreme Petroleum Council's meeting
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah headed at Bayan Palace the 120th meeting of Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council – KUNA
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Economy Kuwait Oil Drops 28 Cents
Price of Kuwait oil barrel drops 28 cents yesterday to $ 70.74 in comparison to $ 71.02 last Friday as per the price declared by KOC- Al-Jareeda
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External Affairs
His Highness PM patronizes Egyptian-Kuwaiti Cooperation Forum
Under the patronage and attendance of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, an opening ceremony of the Egyptian-Kuwaiti Cooperation Forum was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Kuwait dubbed (Brothers Partners).
The ceremony was attended by a number of ministers, advisors, senior officials of the State, the Diwan of the Prime Minister, members of the diplomatic corps and a number of businessmen from both countries.
On the Kuwaiti side, Chairman of the Egyptian-Kuwaiti Cooperation Council, Mohammed Jassem Al-Saqr, and on the Egyptian side, Chairman of the Egyptian-Kuwaiti Cooperation Council, Moataz Al-Alfi, delivered two speeches on the occasion –KUNA
Kuwait: Reforming pillar of security, peace will increase coherence of UN police work Kuwait has affirmed that the reforms undertaken by the United Nations Secretariat, including the reform of the pillar of peace and security, will undoubtedly increase the coherence of the work of the United Nations police in the field in all "peace operations".
This came during Kuwait's speech at a Security Council session on United Nations police in peacekeeping operations delivered by First Secretary Fawaz Burisli on Tuesday evening.
This comes under a unified leadership guided by the Security Council's resolutions, followed by the declaration of common commitments for peacekeeping, he said.
He stressed that the work of the United Nations police is a key pillar in the implementation of peacekeeping mandates as it works to provide protection to civilians when mandated.
He pointed out that the United Nations police are the most present in the field among regular peacekeeping personnel and sometimes their work extends to special political missions. This presence, whether through police officers or specialized police teams, has the greatest impact on enhancing civilian confidence and preventing renewed conflict.
Burisli stressed the importance of adequate training for UN police, including language skills, adherence to the zero tolerance policy on sexual violence in conflict and how to protect children.
The role of the United Nations police also is highlighted through strengthening of the role of legal institutions, the reform of the security sectors, building of institutions' capacities to strengthen the rule of law and its sovereignty and maintain stability after it is achieved.
The continuity of the United Nations police presence in the field compared to other regular personnel places on their shoulders responsibility for ensuring a smooth transition from peacekeeping to post-conflict peace-building, he said – KUNA