KUWAIT: MP Sultan Al-Loghaisem expected a change in leading parliamentary positions in various committees and stressed that it would be for the greater good. He also said that heads and members of parliamentary committees had passed many laws, which proved they focused more on work than "crying over spilt milk". "Development is only achievable when proper legislations are passed," he underlined. On a different concern, Loghaisem said he met Defense Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and suggested rehiring some military personnel who had been referred to retirement at the age of 60, before the parliament passed a law allowing extending their services up to the age of 65. "The minister promised to solve the problem and return them to their jobs soon," he noted.

New branches new cities

Following a meeting with Kuwait Credit Bank Director Salah Al-Mudhaf to discuss new residential cities' needs, MP Mohammed Al-Huwailah explained that the bank intends to open branches in these new cities in order to be within those cities' inhabitants' reach.

Unity and solidarity

MP Abdulhameed Dashti said the Al-Sadeq Mosque witnessed the best manifestation of Kuwaitis' unity and solidarity and stressed that Kuwaiti students have every right to visit it as declared within MoE's plans. "The minister of education has to carry on with this national project without listening to IS supporters," he underlined, urging the minister to ignore threats made by those he described as "original IS supporters brought up to killing and bombing in addition to new ones following their neo-Zionist predecessors who reject all forms of civilization".

Control over private schools

MP Yousuf Al-Zalzalah urged Minister of Education Badr Al-Essa to have more control over private schools. "Some private schools have turned into commercial sites rather than educational facilities. They have been hiring low-paid teachers with bad performances," he said, urging the minister to activate the ministry's monitoring apparatuses and close private schools with bad performances.

KPC slammed

Secretary general of KPC employees' syndicate Ali Abdullah Al-Kandari slammed KPC for not hiring more citizens with university degrees and high school certificates and technical staff and holding special training courses for them, despite the mega oil projects due to be launched soon.

By A Saleh