ICE CREAM CART SUPERVISION FALLS UNDER PAFN'S JURISDICTION

  • 08/08/2022

Kuwait City: Counselor Raja'an Al-Gharib, director of the legal department in the Kuwait Municipality, acknowledged that no decision has been made to govern the activity of ice cream vendors. According to Al-Gharib in a letter to the Director-General of the Municipality, what was done during the coordination meeting held on July 2, 2022, headed by the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and the membership of the concerned authorities to organise the work of ice cream vendors, resulted in recommending the third item, looking for competence of the Kuwait Municipality to organise the work of ice cream carts, and providing a copy of the regulations and decisions. Since the 1970s, ice cream carts had a special mandate that allowed them to sell ice cream at street corners, until this activity became a part of Kuwaiti heritage. 


According to the Director's statement, all food-related activities have been transferred from the Municipality to the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN), in accordance with Law No. 112 of 2013, which established the authority, including the supervision of ice cream carts and the issuance of related licences, and the role of the municipality has been limited to determining the places designated for these carts through the competent department. 

Engr. Muhammad Al-Zoubi, Deputy Director-General for Urban Planning and Structural Affairs, on the other hand, stated that the Urban Planning Department is not a competent authority when it comes to situating or licencing ice cream vendors.

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