KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed on Tuesday a decree forming the board of directors of the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) for the next four years, subject to a one-time renewal. The board consists of Khaled Mohammad Abdullah Al-Zamel (Chairperson), Manal Khaled Saleh Al-Mazyad (Vice Chairperson), Waleed Issa Abdullah Al-Hasawi, Dhari Adel Abdulrahman Al-Huwail, Zainab Monjed Al-Bader Al-Qenaei and Abdullah Fahad Abdullah Al-Khuzam. According to the decree, Minister of State for Communication Affairs Omar Al-Omar is to execute the decree upon publication in the official gazette
HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal signed on Tuesday another decree appointing Dr Faisal Al-Humaidan as Director General of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) with the rank of undersecretary. According to the decree, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr Nader Al-Jallal is to execute the decree upon its publication in the official gazette.
Separately, the Cabinet on Tuesday looked into the progress on a national crackdown against rampant real estate violations in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Khaitan, spearheaded by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah. Kuwait has intensified security campaigns in a bid to uphold the law and crack down on widespread real estate and commercial violations in these two areas, the interior minister told the Cabinet during its weekly session presided by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, citing the need for greater cooperation across state bodies to address the matter.
Traffic congestion in the two densely-populated areas, along with violators’ attempts to circumvent the law, are major impediments to the efforts of security forces to push forward with the crackdown, the minister underlined, emphasizing that state bodies would do their utmost to restore order and enforce the rule of law. — KUNA (See Page 2)