Family panel proposes course on ABCs of marriage – ‘Experts’ to conduct course

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KUWAIT CITY, Nov 9: The Family and Women Affairs Committee at the National Assembly approved Monday the proposal on requiring couples planning to get married to complete a course on marital life, which will be conducted by family affairs experts from the Ministry of Justice for not less than two weeks. Besides the requirement to undergo pre-marriage medical checkup, the couples will be obliged to take the course that covers the nature of marital relations, ways to have a successful marriage, factors leading to failed marriages, reasons behind the high divorce rate, and responsibilities of the husband and wife.

Speaking to reporters after the committee meeting, Rapporteur MP Mohammed Tana disclosed the committee also endorsed the recommendation to require the couples to submit no criminal record certificate to the concerned marriage official. He added the committee adopted the recommendations approved by the Parliament during the recent discussion of his interpellation request against Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeh.

Meanwhile, the Health Affairs Committee selected 16 bills from its list of priorities to vote on them in the next meeting. These bills include the health insurance for citizens, development of medical services and establishment of the Medical City Rapporteur MP Saadoun Hammad Al- Otaibi told reporters that the committee invited the health minister and his undersecretary to its meeting on Monday.

In another development, MP Khalil Abdullah has forwarded queries to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Hind Al-Sabeh about the growing expatriate population in Kuwait. He took this step in a bid to identify the actual number of Kuwaitis, expatriates, Bedouns and illegal residents to pave way for addressing the lopsided population structure and work towards sustainable development. He demanded for pertinent information such as the number of Kuwaitis, expatriates and Bedouns starting from the last Census till date, their nationalities, gender and educational qualifications. He asked if the ministry intends to address the expatriate population issue to suit the needs of the country and if there is a study on the expected population growth in the next five to 10 years. If the answer is yes, he requested for copies of the plan and the study.

By Abubakar A. Ibrahim Arab Times Staff

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