KUWAIT CITY, July 14: To restore state authority and impose the rule of law, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Interior Sheikh Fahad Yousef Al-Sabah has issued directives to the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) to conduct a comprehensive survey covering all residential areas throughout Kuwait to identify individuals who are registered under addresses where they do not actually reside.

According to informed sources, many citizens and residents are affected by such inaccuracies. In some instances, law enforcement authorities attempting to apprehend a violator or criminal based on recorded addresses find that the individual does not live there.

PACI recently canceled thousands of addresses, mostly of the residents who do not stay in those addresses anymore. It received complaints from homeowners who have had individuals erroneously registered under their properties for several years even though they no longer stay there.

PACI intends to summon the owners of these houses and residential buildings to provide testimony, after which the individuals concerned will receive notifications via the Sahel application to visit PACI and correct their address details or provide new ones. Failure to respond within two months of receiving the notification will result in a fine of KD 20 per month