MoC’s revenues for ’20/’21 fiscal year lower

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KUWAIT CITY, Nov 23: The State Audit Bureau’s report for the 2020/2021 fiscal year revealed that the Ministry of Communication’s revenues were lower than estimated, with a total of KD 33.7 million, while the savings compared to the approved budget was of KD 32.7 million, reports Al-Rai daily. The report made several observations on the ministry’s performance, most notably its lack of usual revision of fees for marine services for a period of 31 years. The report stated that the companies’ utilization of plots under the ministry’s authority exceeded the space allocated for them and the extra space was not paid for, which led to a loss of KD 750,000. It also highlighted the ministry’s lack of seriousness in collecting debts amounting to one million dinars from the parties whose spaces have been vacated. The report explained that spaces were used by some companies that are not included in the automated system for billing, and customer service, which resulted in the loss of annual revenues amounting to KD 14,000.

The ministry also did not take any legal measures to implement a final ruling issued more than four years ago, which resulted in the deprivation of the ministry’s revenues by KD 1.8 million. The ministry also failed to reconsider the increase in fees for various marine services issued more than 31 years ago, which led to a decrease in the value of the collected fees. The ministry also provides some marine services free of charge, which led to a loss of KD 390,000 of revenues for the ministry. The ministry appointed seven employees in supervisory positions without obtaining the required approval from the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

In terms of security, the ministry failed to maintain and repair the surveillance camera in the warehouse administration building, which led to poor monitoring of the materials stored at the site and the movement of entry and exit of vehicles and individuals. The report stressed that the State Audit Bureau is not satisfied with the actual revenues of the Ministry of Communications, by keeping the revenues of KD 9.6 million collected for the last fiscal year as a balance recorded for the aforementioned account. It highlighted the ministry’s immunization of its revenues by raising its proceeds from local bank deposits to the account of current liabilities, which led to an estimated amount of KD 7.7 million that was lost without settlement of revenues. In addition, the report explained that there has been continued failure to conduct the debit settlement account such as the expense account, which amounted to KD 1.8 million, some of which date back to the past 15 years, and also the continuing inaction in collecting its revenues in return for the exploitation of leased areas by others, which led to a loss of KD 4.1 million.

Also, there has been continued failure to clarify the nature of the additional work assigned to employees, and the expansion of the issuance of recruitment decisions, which led to disbursement of bonuses worth KD 9,000 without the approval of CSC. Allowances and bonuses of an engineering nature worth KD 15,000 were granted unjustifiably to a female employee, and career-level bonuses and incentive bonuses amounting to KD 18,000 were disbursed to employees occupying supportive financial and legal positions without the approval of CSC. Also, salaries amounting to KD 47,000 were given to employees enjoying unduly vacations. In addition, the ministry ignored the installation of alarm and fire extinguishing systems in warehouses, which contradicts the foundations of maintaining stock safety.

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