Kuwait interior minister highlights achievements at briefing

12/2/2020 8:43:21 AM

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Dec 2 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh highlighted plans to address residency violations and digital transformation as his main accomplishments at a public briefing on Wednesday.
At a ministerial presentation of his ministries, Al-Saleh said the Interior Ministry's focus was on three matters, namely digital transformation, which constitutes 30 percent of the government's work program, combating residency dealers and laws and legislation.
The Ministry has been able to switch more than 70 percent of its services to electronic means. As a result, more than six million transactions were completed within a short period.
In regards to residency dealers and unemployed labor, he said that during the COVID-19 pandemic efforts have been carried out to limit residency violating labour and investigate the reasons behind their presence.
This has resulted in the detection of a group of residency dealers, the transfer of more than 417 violating companies and several lawsuits.
The ministry has also amended the residency law, with a special chapter introduced to define the crime of residency permit dealing and intensify its punishment, while residency violators have been handed the responsibility of bearing the expenses of their violation.
New types of special accommodations for foreign investors have also been introduced.
In regards to traffic, the ministry has updated laws and regulations, raising the maximum limit for fines and developing a new mechanism for vehicle compounding.
Meanwhile, a draft law has been submitted to the Supreme National Elections Committee, rendering it independent, while work has been carried out to update parliamentary voting registration according to civil ID cards.
Separately, the Kuwait Fire Force, during the pandemic, has distributed more than 60,000 medical prescriptions to nationals and has finalised more than 80 percent of health and safety standard certifications electronically.
On the achievements of the Public Authority for Civil Information, Al-Saleh said that its most prominent is the launch of the contactless digital identification system, Hawyati, which has so far attracted more than 960,000 users, including individuals, government institutions and private businesses.
The body also continues to deliver civil ID cards to homes, with some 2,500 cards delivered a day.
On the other hand, the Central Agency for Information Technology has created several digital platforms which serve nationals and residents alike, including the coronavirus platform, which has received more than 2.25 million visitors, among others. (end)
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