Onus on expats in new plan to cut traffic rush on roads
Domestic worker loser in employer tussle: NGO
KUWAIT CITY, April 2: MP Safa A. Al-Hashem has submitted a proposal which aims at reducing traffic congestion on the roads of the country, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
According to the MP, the proposal is in line with the government’s plan to increase the traffic capacity of the roads, especially with the country witnessing increased intense traffic congestions amid the ongoing expansions of some public roads.
MP Al-Hashem proposed some measures to be taken in order to avoid the situation from worsening. One of the measures suggested by her is the suspension of issuance of new driving licenses to expatriates, with the exception of domestic workers under Article 20 residency, for a period of one year. This suspension should be renewed until solutions are found to solve the current traffic congestion, and new regulations are put in place until completion of the ongoing road projects.
She stressed the need to ban expatriates from owning more than one vehicle, adding, “Expatriates should not own cars if they do not possess valid Kuwaiti driving license”.
MP Al-Hashim insisted on license suspension with immediate effect for any expatriate who owns more than one car.
She also suggested the need for an electronic link between the driving licenses of expatriates and their work permits in order to curb forgery and exceptions. The driving license should be invalidated as soon as the concerned expatriate fails to meet any one of the conditions required for holding driving licenses.
Another measure proposed by MP Al-Hashem is to bar issuance of driving licenses to expatriates who do not have driving license from their native country that is attested by that country’s foreign affairs sector and by the Kuwaiti Embassy, without any exception.
She suggested setting up an electronic archive of driving licenses to avoid losing or damaging files.
‘Domestic loser’:
Human Line Organization, a Kuwait-based NGO Chief of General Staff of Kuwait Armed Forces Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Khader along with Deputy Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Abdullah Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, supervised several field exercises
within the activities of the final week of Eagle Resolve 2017.
dedicated to promoting and defending human rights as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the country, in a comprehensive periodic report affirmed that the violation of the rights of domestic workers in the absence of a labor law guarantees minimum basic rights and punishment for the employer who violates these rights, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The report stated an employer who violates the rights of his servant more often than not escapes punishment because in every case the domestic worker is at the receiving end since it is the word of the employer that carries more weight than that of the servant.
If a domestic worker files a complaint, his/her contract shall be cancelled or the person deported and this is what makes the worker bear abuse and injustice.
Woman attempts suicide:
A Kuwaiti woman who is believed to
be in her 40s and allegedly attempted to commit suicide by swallowing 14 medicine pills inside the apartment of her boyfriend, was rushed to a hospital, reports Al-Rai daily.
According to a security source, the boyfriend panicked and called the Operations Room of the Ministry of Interior.
According to a reliable security source this happened following an argument between the couple and woman decided to end her life.
A case of suicide attempt has been registered against the woman.
Indian’s death probed:
Police are investigating the death of a 41-yearold Indian who allegedly fell from a ship inside the Shuaiba Port, reports Al-Anba daily.
According to the daily, the Indian was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
In another unrelated incident, the corpse of another Indian who was found dead on an open ground in
front of the company he works for, has been referred to Forensics.
Brother, sister held:
Police have seized a Kuwaiti woman and her brother, believed to be a detective working for the Criminal Investigations Department for assaulting the teacher of the Farwaniya High School, reports Al-Anba daily.
A police source said the woman went to the school with her brother to inquire about a teacher who had intervened in a fight between her son and a schoolmate.
The mother argued with the teacher and her brother controlled him and she removed her shoes and pushed them inside the mouth of the teacher.
The mother and her brother shall be referred to the Public Prosecution. The woman will then be submitted to the Sentences Enforcement Department because she had been sentenced in absentia in KD 26,000 financial fraud.