AMENDMENT TO PREMARITAL TEST MANDATED, NO DISEASE OR DRUG ABUSE

  • 11/11/2022

Kuwait City: Article One of Law No. 31/2008 on Premarital Medical Examination has been proposed for amendment by MP Saad Al-Khanfour to read as follows: "Those planning to get married are required to obtain a medical certificate confirming they do not have a drug addiction, as well as infectious and genetic diseases specified by the Ministry of Health.


The certificate has a six-month expiration date. Al-Khanfour clarified that his suggestion is meant to increase the family's and society's protection against drugs and illnesses. Two proposals were made by MP Abdullah Al-Anbaie, one of which calls for the construction of entry points in blocks One and Two across from Doha Road and from the Fourth Ring Road, as well as the necessity of performing maintenance on the city's roads in Sabah Al-Ahmed City.  The second proposal is to allocate 20 percent of indoor advertisement spaces for the owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at low prices, as a way of supporting SMEs. MPs Khalid Al-Otaibi, Thamer Al-Suwait, Mubarak Al-Hajraf, Fares Al-Otaibi and Muhammad Barrak Al-Mutair submitted the following bills: – amend Article 24 of Commercial Law number 68/1980 to allow any foreign company to open a branch in the country without the need for a local agent. – amend Article 31 of Public Tenders Law number 49/2016 stipulating that a contractor who intends to participate in public or limited bidding must be an individual or a company registered in the Commercial and Supplier and Contractor registers. – add an article (33bis) to Direct Investment Support Law number 116/2013 stating that whoever places obstacles in front of workers mentioned in Article 33 will be imprisoned for a maximum of one year or fined KD3,000 to KD10,000. 

In order to keep the subsidies for rent, fuel, and electricity in place, MP Muhammad Al-Hewaila proposed tying the distribution of industrial plots to the requirement that 25 percent of the workforce be made up of Kuwaitis. While this was going on, MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari questioned Barrak Al-Sheetan, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs, about the delayed issuance of the executive regulations for law number 74/2020 on addressing the demographic imbalance. He specifically inquired about the action taken against those responsible for the delay and the date of issuing the regulations. 

In order to keep the subsidies for rent, fuel, and electricity in place, MP Muhammad Al-Hewaila proposed tying the distribution of industrial plots to the requirement that 25 percent of the workforce be made up of Kuwaitis. While this was going on, MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari questioned Barrak Al-Sheetan, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs, about the delayed issuance of the executive regulations for law number 74/2020 on addressing the demographic imbalance. He specifically inquired about the action taken against those responsible for the delay and the date of issuing the regulations.

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