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Guidelines for those with revoked ‘valuable services’ citizenships

KUWAIT: The interior ministry on Thursday issued guidelines for thousands of people who were naturalized for rendering “valuable services” to the country but were recently stripped of their Kuwaiti citizenship. The wide-ranging guidelines include benefits that this category would retain and ultimatums to obtain their old citizenship and sell off their real estate ownership when they were citizens. A supreme commission for nationality has...

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Contentious housing article repealed; MoI warns against fraud

KUWAIT: An Amiri decree-law issued Sunday annulled article 29 of law no. 47 of 1993, commonly known as the “He Who Sold His House” law, as part of broader efforts to promote justice, equality and fair housing distribution. The article had allowed a specific group of citizens — those who received Kuwait Credit Bank housing loans between April 15, 1992 and Feb 15, 2015, and later sold their homes and repaid their loans — to once again...

KUWAIT: (Left) Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah supervises a major drug bust. (Right) A PACI employee is arrested for forging official documents and accepting bribes, along with two middlemen and seven bribe payers.

Kuwait, UAE team up in drug bust

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti security men busted an attempt to smuggle a large drugs haul with a street value estimated at KD 1.5 million, with the cooperation of the United Arab Emirates’ interior ministry, a statement announced on Thursday. The haul consisted of 10 kg of heroin and 100 kg of shabu, an illegal chemical substance, and was destined for an Afghan man who was arrested, the interior ministry said. Through security cooperation with the UAE, the...

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22,000 obtain exit permit as rule takes effect from July 1

KUWAIT: The decision to force expatriates working in the private sector to obtain an exit permit with the prior approval of their employers comes into effect on Tuesday, July 1. The measure has been introduced for the first time in Kuwait to join other Gulf states, barring the UAE. Previously, private sector employees could leave the country at any time without permits. Local media cited the Public Authority of Manpower as saying that so far,...

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel and Minister of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood Affairs Dr Amthal Al-Huwailah visit the central operations room of the control sector on June 24, 2025. - KUNA

Amir chairs Supreme Defense Council

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Supreme Defense Council that discussed regional developments and the latest events in the area, following a ceasefire between Iran and the Zionist entity. During the meeting, HH the Amir was briefed on efforts exerted by various authorities in the country and the coordination between them to face any emergency. HH the Amir also provided the council...

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chairs a high-level meeting on electricity and water projects at Bayan Palace on June 23, 2025. - KUNA

Kuwait to raise power output by 74% in 6 yrs

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah on Monday chaired a meeting at Bayan Palace that discussed raising electricity production capacity by 74 percent to over 33,000 megawatts over the next six years. The meeting discussed ways to implement five major electricity and water desalination projects, in addition to two solar energy projects to achieve the target to meet Kuwait’s rising consumption. Authorities in Kuwait...

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs Amthal Al-Huwailah and Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel hold a meeting to follow up on the readiness of cooperative societies and stocks of goods. - KUNA

Ministers assure key essentials abundant, call to avoid hoarding

KUWAIT: The ministers of social affairs and commerce and industry on Thursday reiterated that essential commodities are available in large quantities and called on the public not to hoard food products. Amthal Al-Huwailah and Khalifa Al-Ajeel said after a meeting to assess the situation and coordination between the two ministries that “the strategic stock of essential and basic commodities is available in sufficient quantities and that...

KUWAIT: Kuwait National Guard Undersecretary Lt Gen Hashem Al-Rifai inspects Tahrir Camp’s medical services and supply and transport branch on June 18, 2025. – KUNA

Food reserves in Kuwait sufficient for over 6 months

KUWAIT: The ministry of commerce said on Wednesday that a national food reserve with the ministry is sufficient for over six months, as the ministry stepped up its preparations amid the ongoing military conflict between neighboring Iran and the Zionist entity. Director of the supplies department at the ministry of commerce and industry Salah Al-Rasheedi said that national reserve of essential and secondary goods is sufficient for over six months...

KUWAIT:Officers monitor traffic camera feeds in this illustrative file photo. - KUNA

Traffic violations plunge 83%

KUWAIT: Traffic offenses registered by cameras dived by a massive 83 percent in May this year compared to May last year as a result of implementing the new traffic law with stiffer penalties, the interior ministry said on Monday. Deaths were down by 55 percent and offenses of using mobile phones while driving and failure to buckle up were down by 75 percent, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry said cameras registered 28,464 traffic...

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Wives who lost their citizenship can travel with Kuwaiti passport

KUWAIT: The interior ministry announced on Thursday that thousands of wives of Kuwaiti men who had their citizenship revoked in the past year will be allowed to travel abroad using their Kuwaiti passport during the summer months. The ministry however added that such women must prove that they have started the process of obtaining their original country’s identity to avail of this facility and be treated like Kuwaitis. Over the past year, Kuwait...

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Top court freezes jail term against former minister

KUWAIT: The court of cassation on Monday ordered a freeze on the implementation of a 14-year jail term against former interior and defense minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and set June 23 to start hearing the case. The decision was issued after Sheikh Talal gave himself up to the court and demanded that the jail term be frozen until the court of cassation, the highest court in the country, had ruled on his appeal. The special court for...

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CBK, KIA to borrow locally, globally

KUWAIT: Minister of Finance Noura Al-Fassam on Sunday issued a decision authorizing the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) to borrow from the domestic and global markets, respectively, in favor of the ministry in implementation of the newly issued public debt law. The two bodies will conduct the borrowing processes for the current fiscal year 2025/2026, which started on April 1, in consultation and prior...

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