(MENAFN- Arab Times) KUWAIT CITY March 20: The Public Funds Protection Committee of the National Assembly has asked the Ministry of Justice for a report on the fugitive who is said to have escaped with investment money in addition to a report on the violations said to have been committed by the Public Authority for Social Security. This came during a meeting the committee held recently with the representatives of the State Audit Bureau and Ministry of Justice.
The Committee Chairman MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji during the meeting shed light on the failure of the concerned authority to collect large sums of money owed to the government by companies and institutions. He said the Ministry of Justice has been assigned to submit during the next meeting a full report on the abuse of public funds especially issues related to foreign investment and the issue of the ''fugitive'' and government follow-up of the accused through Interpol. Al-Turaiji added the committee has also asked for a detailed report on financial and administrative violations committed by the Public Authority for Social Security and action taken by government against the authority''s former director and the amounts of money seized from him from inside and outside Kuwait. He said the committee has also assigned the Audit Bureau to present a vision about a mechanism to deal with issues of public money and how to collect money from companies and institutions owed to the government.
Queries
Meanwhile MP Abdul- Rahman Al-Jeeran has forwarded queries to the Minister of Communications and State Minister for Municipality Affairs Issa Al-Kandari on the allegations of violation in the law of Supporting National Manpower and Encouraging Citizens to Work in the Private Sector. He said a recent report showed that departments under the ministry had violated Law No. 19/2000 concerning Supporting National Manpower and Encouraging Citizens to Work in the Private Sector by appointing persons in government jobs without announcing about these jobs in the newspapers or announcing titles and conditions of these jobs and criteria that are followed in the appointments and other regulations transparency and good competition that guarantee equality among citizens. He asked the minister if appointments were made in the ministry without complying with the above-mentioned regulations.
If the answer is yes if that happened with the knowledge of the ministry and which body was responsible for the appointments and what are the names of the officials responsible for that? He also wants to know what action was taken against the wrongdoers and the measures taken to put things in correct order. On another issue MP Mohammed Nasser Al-Barrak presented a proposal demanding the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) to pay a monthly financial support to animal breeders KD 4 for each camel and KD 2 for each sheep or goat. He explained the animal resource is one of the most important resources for meat milk and wool and a source of income for many animal breeders especially those with limited income but very unfortunately the breeders have started to migrate with their cattle to neighboring countries due to high price of fodder hording of fodder by traders in addition to lack of breeding places and also lack of having support to help the continuation of breeding cattle which can raise the cost of meat and milk and affect consumers.
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