JOB FOR EXPATS DENIED IN KUWAIT

  • 13/04/2022

Kuwait City: Sheikh Dr Ahmad Al- Nasser, Kuwait's Foreign Affairs Minister, acknowledged that his government employed only one Kuwaiti advisor and that no expatriate holds the role. In answer to MP Hamdan Al-question, Azmi's the minister stated that there is collaboration with the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to completely implement the Kuwaitization strategy, which includes determining the required ratio of Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti personnel in each fiscal year. He stated there were 119 non-Kuwaiti personnel in the ministry, with 115 working in service roles and four on subcontracts. 


He added two of those under sub-contracts have been terminated and procedures for terminating the other two employees have started. With regard to entities affiliated with the ministry, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) confirmed there are seven non-Kuwaiti technical consultants in the Operations Department. It added these consultants constitute about 20 percent of the 35 consultants and specialists. The fund revealed it has been implementing the Kuwaitization policy for years, in addition to approving the request of Kuwaiti employees who wish to obtain postgraduate certificates in preparation for replacement of expatriate workers with nationals.

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