ShareKUWAIT: Maximum electricity consumption during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan is expected to be 13,800 megawatts, Ministry of Electricity and Water's Undersecretary Mohammed Boshehri said, adding that the ministry is ready with a total power production of 15,000 megawatts. However, Bosherhi urged all consumers to rationalize electricity usage. He also assured consumers that the maximum water consumption would be 450-460 million imperial gallons, while the ministry is capable of producing 530 million imperial gallons.
Elections
Participants at a seminar organized by Hmak e-paper strongly criticized political blocs that recently declared their intention to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections after they had boycotted previous elections in protest of the one-vote electoral system. Participants urged them to officially apologize to those who took part in the elections by voting and running for the elections, whom they had described as 'traitors.' Participants also urged these political blocs to justify changing their minds now after 27 former MPs of the so-called 'majority bloc' had declared a boycott. Headed by its editor-in-chief, lawyer Mubarak Al-Mutawwa,' Hmak held its monthly seminar under the title 'Kuwait Democracy between Participation and Boycotting'. Speakers at the seminar included journalist Mohammed Abdul Aziz, former minister Ahmed Baqer and former MPs Osama Al-Tahous and Duaij Al-Shemmari.
Sport activities
The Public Authority of Sports filed cases against the squash, taekwondo, fencing and judo federations demanding KD 5,001 in compensation, accusing these federations of supporting the international suspension of Kuwaiti sport activities.
ATM destroyed
A mentally disturbed person was arrested for destroying a local bank's ATM in Ali Sabah Al-Salem. Security sources said policemen were dispatched to the scene after a report about someone destroying the ATM. The man turned out to be mentally disturbed.
Wages' link
The Civil Services Commission (CSC) denied social media reports about an online CSC link for wages and leaves.
By Meshaal Al-Enezi
