KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Municipal Council on Wednesday elected Abdullah Al-Mehri as its chairman and Khaled Al-Mutairi as his deputy by acclamation. HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent congratulatory cables to the Municipal Council’s new chairman and his deputy, wishing them best of luck and success in serving the country. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent them similar cables.

The Council’s opening session also witnessed the election of members of the main committees. The technical committee comprises of members Hassan Kamal, Abdullatif Al-Daei, Alia Al-Fares, Nasser Al-Kafif, Abdullah Al-Enezi, Munira Al-Amir and Nasser Al-Jadaan. The Council selected Fahad Al-Abduljader, Sharifa Al-Shalfan, Ismail Behbehani, Mutairi and Kafif for its legal and financial committee. As for the engineering committee, the Council chose Behbehani, Kamal, Daei, Farah Al-Roumi and Amir, while the reform and development committee is made up of Roumi, Shalfan, Behbehani, Daei and Abduljader.

The Council also elected Alia Al-Farsi, Kamal, Mutairi to the expropriation committee and Kamal, Amir, Behbehani, Abduljader and Jadaan to the Capital governorate committee. Roumi, Shalfan, Jadaan, Kamal and Saud Al-Kandari were picked for the Hawally governorate committee, and Behbehani, Enezi, Fahad Al-Muwaizri, Mutairi and Farsi for the Farwaniya governorate committee. Daei, Mutairi, Amir, Muwaziri, Enezi are on the Jahra governorate committee. The council also named Nassar Al-Azmi, Abduljader, Kafif, Farsi and Roumi to the Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate committee. - KUNA