Minister Hind Al-Subaih

KUWAIT: A proposed law for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) will not restrict freedoms or obstruct NGOs' work, a senior government official said yesterday. Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Al-Subaih stressed that the ministry will continue receiving suggestions and recommendations from various NGOs over a new law the ministry is currently preparing. Speaking on receiving a delegation from Kuwait Public Relations Society, Subaih said that the new law's draft has been distributed to various NGOs and that feedback from over 30 of them had already been received.

Domestic labor

Inspection teams from the domestic labor department yesterday inspected more places in various governorates after the interior minister's decision to double the teams' members. The tours resulted in detecting several citations, arresting domestic laborers present in offices and summoning some owners for further investigations.

Unlicensed camp

Kuwait Municipality stressed that various unlicensed camps, electoral headquarters and ads were removed on the morning of election day.

Water back

The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) announced that maintenance works were completed and water supplies were reconnected to 12 areas ahead of the schedule it had previously announced. MEW explained that maintenance operations started by 8:00 pm Friday and were concluded ahead of schedule.

By Meshaal Al-Enezi