Stop wasting state funds

It is 50 degrees Celsius and the temperature may go higher this summer, but our problem today is not related to the weather, but against the education minister. The education minister said that he is about to buy air conditioners and new water coolers. The question here from a Kuwaiti citizen to the minister is: Why weren’t the purchases made at the start of April? Why do air conditioners at the university work only for 10 minutes during the summer semester? Why was the purchase made at the end of the summer semester with schools and universities closed? Why doesn’t the supplying company carry out periodical maintenance? Why do we write volumes of enquiries to the minister of education?

A property owner protects his personal funds through the manufacturer’s warranty and keenness on periodical maintenance

Here’s a small example to reach to the conclusion all houses and flats have air conditioners of various types and sizes. When buying a unit or renting a house, it is stipulated that there will be periodic maintenance of the air conditioners, and in some contracts, the conditioners are under warranty, and are also guaranteed for one full year by the manufacturer. Not only in education facilities, but also at most state ministries and authorities, one will find that before the end of the year, all purchased air conditioners break down, then committees prepare tenders to buy other units. Here we ask officials: What about the warranties and the maintenance?

A property owner protects his personal funds through the manufacturer’s warranty and keenness on periodical maintenance, but government departments and the education ministry in particular waste public funds through purchasing new units every year without referring to the contracts and holding to the warranty and periodical follow-ups, resulting in squandering public funds in the name of “students”. We urge them to stop messing with state funds!

— Translated by Kuwait Times