ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 LOCAL 4 Grilling motions filed against Premier included in agenda

Speaker invites MPs to April 27 and 28 ordinary sessions

By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff KUWAIT CITY, April 25: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim invited the HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad. MPs to the ordinary sessions slated for April 27 and 28, 2021. Items in the agenda include the grilling motions against His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid, which were dis- missed according to the deci- sion of the Assembly to sus- pend deliberations on such grilling motions until the next parliamentary round. Photo by Rizk Tawfiq The volunteers of Al-Awazem Foundation serving the needy. The grilling motion filed by MPs Ahmed Mutei Al-Azmi and Soud Bu Sleeb against Mabarrah Al-Awazem continues on its generous journey Minister of Health Dr Bssel Al-Sabah will be discussed as KUWAIT CITY, April 25: The well, in addition to voting on Al-Awazem Charity Foundation con- tinues to help the poor and needy eight incoming letters that include the resignation letter families of Kuwaitis and various other KUNA photos nationalities – the project that builds of MP Yousef Al-Fadala and National Assembly Speaker Al-Ghanim. bridges of cooperation and love letters to assign the Negative between people of Kuwait by support- Phenomenon to study the ing developmental, advocacy, social causes of rising violence and Audiences of HH the Amir and humanitarian activities. drug addiction cases and then The head of the board of directors, present solutions and recom- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf received at Bayan Palace His Hamad Zaid Al-Baisis said in a state- mendations. Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh ment the number of beneficiaries has received at Bayan Palace this morn- Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, The Assembly will also ing, His Highness the Crown Prince Deputy Prime Minister and Minister already exceeded tens of thousands vote on the reports of the while the charity campaigns are con- Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Photo by Rizk Taufiq Legal and Legislative Affairs Al-Sabah. Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime tinuing with the aim of reaching the The campaign organizers. His Highness the Amir also received Minister, Minister of Justice and largest number of needy people and Committee about lifting the immunity of MPs Hassan Speaker of the National Assembly Minister of State for Integrity their families. Banking Club’s campaign successful Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim. Promotion Affairs Abdullah Yousef Al-Baisis indicated the projects of Jawhar, Ahmed Al-Shuhoumi, Meanwhile, His Highness Al-Roumi. (KUNA) Mabarrah Al-Awazem take into Yousef Al-Ghareeb, Ahmed account the exceptional circumstanc- The Banking Club confirmed Millennium Hotel under the slo- Mutei Al-Azmi Homoud the national campaign orga- gan ‘Vaccination, a national es that the country and the world are nized by the club to vaccinate duty’ is a great achievement for Mebrek Al-Azmi and going through due to the Corona bank employees in coordina- the president and members of Sulaiman Al-Helela; and the Amir congratulates president pandemic. tion with the Ministry of Health the club. second reading of the bill on Therefore, the foundation is keen was unrivalled, reports The president and members amending the audio-visual, to provide aid and assistance to Al-Seyassah daily. of the club thanked the Ministry printing and publishing laws. of Tanzania on National Day every needy person, whether Kuwaiti The spokesman of the club of Health for its efforts and or expatriate, with the aim of provid- said in a statement the cam- unlimited support and coopera- Unifi ed KUWAIT CITY, April 25, (KUNA): His Republic further progress and prosperity. Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh ing a decent life for everyone who paign that was launched at the tion. In a relevant development, lives on the precious land of Kuwait. Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratu- Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Al-Baisis thanked the philanthro- a total of 27 MPs had a meet- lated, in a cable Sunday, President of and His Highness the Prime Minister pists in Kuwait who have always sup- and hope in their hearts, especially dates, in addition to cartons of food ing in the Diwan of MP Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan on the Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad ported the charity projects to give hap- during this blessed month. more than 20 kilos each, from the Hassan Jawhar on Saturday; occasion of her country’s National Day, Al-Sabah sent similar cables to President wishing her good health and for the Hassan. piness to their needy brothers and sis- Al-Mabarrah will distribute one middle of last Shaban until the end of during which they agreed to ters and spread the spirit of optimism thousand meals a day with fruits and the holy month. present a unified position for the Assembly to regain its ‘Hike employee attendance rate to 50pc’ right as per Article 100 of the Constitution, and that there will be no session on April 27 MoE approves list of 750 Kuwaiti unless HH the Prime Minister stands on the grilling podium. They posted this agreement applicants for teaching positions on their respective Twitter KUWAIT CITY, April 25: The Minister varied between new appointments, trans- accounts. of Education Dr. Ali Al-Mudhaf last fers from other ministries to teaching Article 100 of the week approved the list of about 750 profession, and transfers of employees Constitution states: “Every Kuwaiti teachers for appointment in vari- with educational university degrees from member of the National ous disciplines, reports Al-Qabas daily. administrators to members of an educa- Assembly is empowered to According to official sources, the tional body. direct interrogations at the applications of the candidates in the list Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education Prime Minister and the approved by the minister had remained has requested the Civil Service pending for more than a year due to the Commission (CSC) to approve the Ministers on matters falling COVID-19 crisis. They were referred by within their competence. In increase in the percentage of employees’ the Public Education Sector to the attendance in the Financial Sector and the cases that are not pressing, Administrative Affairs Sector to com- and with the Minister’s con- Administrative Affairs Sector to 50 per- plete the procedures and open files in cent instead of 30 percent in order to sent, debate on an interroga- preparation for addressing CSC and orga- ensure the proper functioning of work in tion shall not take place save nizing interviews with the teachers by the those two sectors, reports Al-Qabas daily relevant committees. after at least eight days from quoting informed sources. The Public Education Sector has been the day of its presentation.” They explained that the ministry for- MP Mehalhal Al-Mudaf, instructed to urgently form committees to conduct interviews with the candidates so mally addressed CSC with its request, who attended the meeting, dis- as to complete the recruitment process, highlighting the nature and size of the closed that no decision regard- catch up with the new academic year, and work assigned to each of these sectors, ing the ministers’ seats was distribute them to schools to fill the short- and insisting that 30 percent of the work- taken at the meeting. However, age. ers do not match the volume of work MP Hamad Rouhaldeen said The applications were obtained from required to be performed. this is on the table for further male and female Kuwaiti teachers for 14 A rate of 50 percent workforce would discussion and there is no subjects - Psychology, Sociology, enable the aforementioned two sectors to impediment to doing so in the History, Islamic Education, Geography conduct their activities in a proper man- upcoming session. and Physical Education, home science, ner without conflicting with the health philosophy, electricity, geology, French and preventive requirements and precau- Election language, all sciences and music. tionary measures to confront the spread The sources indicated that the applica- of COVID-19 decided by the concerned On the supplementary tions, which were pending since last year, health authorities. Assembly election scheduled for May 22 to fill up the par- liamentary seat vacated by former MP Badr Al-Dahoum KM agrees to ‘reallocate’ site for due to a court decision to nul- lify his parliamentary mem- building nursery to health center bership, Director General of KUWAIT CITY, April 25: The Kuwait the Legal Affairs General Municipality has agreed to reallocate the Ramadan Girgian ‘spirit’ Department at the Ministry of land plot that was designated for nursery Interior Colonel Salah school activities, for the construction of remains among families Al-Shatti confirmed the elec- an integrated health center, based on the tion will be held under the request from the Mishref Cooperative KUWAIT CITY, April 25: The spirit of supervision of health authori- Society that was presented by the Ramadan Girgian remains among Ministry of Social Affairs, reports families, particularly the children; as ties to ensure compliance they celebrated the occasion with with the health regulations Aljarida daily. Chairman of the Municipal Council family members bringing clothes and aimed at curbing the spread Osama Al-Otaibi forwarded the letter decorations for children while chant- of coronavirus. He said 26 sent to him by the Director General of ing: “Peace be to their son, O God, schools will be allocated for Kuwait Municipality Eng Ahmed grant him to his mother, O God,” the election -- 13 schools for Al-Manfouhi to the concerned committee reports Al-Rai daily. men and 13 for women. He Parents were keen on celebrating in the council to discuss it in the next Girgian within the family through the added one more school will main session. gathering of relatives, singing, orga- be allocated for receiving citi- The letter included the technical opin- nizing competitions and distributing zens who are infected with ion of Kuwait Municipality after it stud- gifts. coronavirus, indicating the ied the request. It affirmed that the Restrictions aimed at curbing the Health Ministry will specify approval of the Ministry of Social spread of coronavirus did not prevent Affairs’ request is based upon the families from celebrating Girgian procedures for citizens under approval of the Ministry of Health’s home quarantine to vote. despite the absence of groups of chil- request, amending the decision of the dren knocking on the doors of hous- So far, 37 citizens – two of committee in charge of carrying out the es, singing for the children in these whom are women – have filed work of the municipal council in 2004, houses and getting their share of their candidacies for the supple- to change the activity of the nursery in Girgian goodies. mentary election. Two of these the suburb center in Mishref, which is 1,000 square meters in area, to a health candidates have announced Health. their intention to withdraw their center. The allocation change project included The letter affirmed the Municipality’s candidacy and the number of the establishment of a car park building approval to allocate an area of 558 square candidates may increase in the on an area of 2,500 square meters located meters on the ground floor in the old coming days. The candidates at the end of Mishref Commercial Center. central and temporary market building, can withdraw from the electoral It was the site of a public park bordered located within the suburb’s center, on race until seven days before the on the south by Al-Bishr Mosque, and which a new building will be constructed date of election. has been handed over to the Ministry of for the Municipality’s use.