(MENAFN- Arab Times) Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor is dismissing allegations contained in a recent report issued by the website for migrant worker's rights which says the female domestic workers (maids) resorting to the Shelter for Domestic Personnel are sexually abused, reports Al-Rai daily.
In a statement, the Deputy Director of Public Authority for Manpower Ahmad Al-Musa said the allegations indicated in the report lack substance and defames the center's image in view of the fact that the shelter is the first of its kind in Middle East in terms of capacity, treatment, and services provided to the expatriate personnel.
He added the report includes the testimonies of three Ghanaian female domestic workers; one of them claiming she was sexually assaulted by a female employee at the shelter and later prevented from receiving medical care in the clinic.
The maid alleged the security worker had touched her private parts more than once, and also addressed her by indecent language.
Meanwhile, investigations conducted on the incident which took place in February 2015, as mentioned in the report, while the center was manned by Hadi Al- Enezi indicated the allegations are unfounded.
The alleged female security officer affirmed that the center is their second home and they protect its name, indicating they neither molested nor sexually abused any inmate nor stopped them from visiting the clinic.
He went on saying that Ghana has no embassy in Kuwait, although it has a representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who is always in touch with the center to ease processing of their travel documents and follow up the condition of his people, adding the Ghanaian representative has commended the level of treatment and services the center offers the expatriate personnel in general.
He stressed the alleged sexual abuse of the maid is unfounded because surveillance cameras are installed at the center to monitor their activities, stressing the female security personnel in the center are efficient and they perform their duties with diligence. He invited all stakeholders to visit the center to verify it's operating in line with international conventions of human rights.
Meanwhile, the Public Authority of Housing Welfare (PAHW) is currently facing a big problem regarding the dumping site for damaged tyres, which contains more than 12 million tyres, as it is blocking the implementation of Saad Al-Abdullah housing project, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting sources.
Stressing this is one of the important housing projects aimed at addressing the housing problem in the country, sources said the authority had officially announced the distribution of housing plots in the area that includes about 40,000 residential units for fiscals 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.
Sources pointed out the pileup of damaged tyres is a hindrance to the execution of project which the authority received from Kuwait Municipality at the end of October last year. Sources added the contract for the infrastructure work in the housing area will be in July 2017 but it might be delayed due to the aforementioned issue.
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