KUWAIT CITY, March 5: The Higher Committee at the Civil Service Commission (CSC) will hold a special meeting, chaired by Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah next week to discuss allowances of personnel working in the ministries and government sectors for fiscal year 2010 in March, reports Al-Shahid daily.
This came after the ministries and government sectors sent several letters requesting CSC to approve the payment of allowances which are due to the employees but have been delayed without any reason.
A source told the daily an estimated 15,000 workers from various government institutions have been affected in this regard.
In the meantime, a senior official from the CSC noted the unpaid allowances vary with job degrees and titles, which will be paid to deserving employees only by the end of the month.
Meanwhile, the government is studying proposals related to compensation, allowances and new salary scales that were included on the agenda of the CSC, Al-Shahid daily quoted Minister of Communications and State Minister for National Assembly Affairs Dr Mohammed Al-Baseeri as saying.
The minister also said he hoped the bill proposing the establishment of Communications Authority will be passed during the current term of Parliament. “The Cabinet will soon approve the final draft and will refer it to the National Assembly,” he added.
He also said a joint shareholding company will be established to manage the Postal Sector soon.
When asked about the purpose of forming a committee to study violations at Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC), the minister said “Audit Bureau recorded some violations in its report in Jan 2009. Similar observations were made by a Parliamentary Investigation Committee in 2007. Audit Bureau mentioned financial and administrative violations at KAC in another report it issued after law no. 6/2008 regarding the privatization of KAC was issued.”
Moreover, the minister said, a committee has been formed under the supervision of Public Authority for Investment and Finance Minister Mustafa Al-Shamali to supervise the process of converting KAC into a joint shareholding company. In the new company, shareholders will have a 40 percent stake, the government will have 20 percent, the private sector will have 35 percent and KAC staff a 5 percent stake.