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Kerala man jumps to death after reportedly murdering wife in Kuwait

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Kuwait: Indian expatriate man from Kerala reportedly jumps to death after killing his wife in the city of Salmiya in Kuwait on Thursday, local media reported.
According to the Arabic daily Al-Rai, 33-year-old Saiju Simon, a native of Poonkavu in Pathanamthitta, killed his 32-year-old wife Jeena and jumped to his death from the roof of his apartment building.
Police said that they found Jeena in a pool of blood and a knife next to her body at the apartment.

Neighbours reportedly said they heard the couple fighting before the incident, adding Simon and Jeena often argued in the past.
The couple were married for a year. It was their second marriage. While Saiju was an ambulance driver in the health department, Jeena was an IT employee at Salmiya Indian Model School, Kuwait.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 6, 2023
Kuwait cancels over 1.15 million visas of expats in 3 years

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Kuwait: Over 1.15 million visas of expatriates was cancelled by Kuwait during the three years, untill the end of March 2023, local media reported.
The number of those who left the country between January 2022 and April 2023 reached 67,000, and 11,000 of them were issued “administrative deportation” decisions in the first quarter of this 2023.
In 2022, Kuwait has deported some 40,000 illegal expatriates, who violated residence and labour laws.

According to Arabic daily Al-Qabas, the year 2022 witnessed the cancellation of the residency of 56,279 expatriates.
The cancellation of these residences is due to many reasons, in addition to the desire of the residence owner to leave, and the issuance of deportation orders for violating the labor and residence laws.
The local labor market has recently seen the entry of large numbers of labor force, despite the closure that the market saw, which coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic and its repercussions on many sectors.
Official data stated that the year 2022 witnessed a significant recovery in the labor market, as 67,000 workers entered the country for the first time, 64 percent of whom were domestic workers.
In 2021, 227,000 expatriates left the country, with around 160,000 leaving without compensation, most of whom worked in the private and family sector as domestic workers.

The number of domestic workers in Kuwait is about 750,000 workers, who account for about 22 per cent of the total expatriate workforce, which amounts to a total of 3.4 million people.
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May 2, 2023
Kuwait unveils AI-generated news presenter ‘Fedha’

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Kuwait: A Kuwaiti news outlet has unveiled the country’s first virtual news presenter created using artificial intelligence.
Its launch is currently part of a testing phase aimed at creating new content.
Kuwait News uploaded a 13-second video clip of ‘Fedha’ – an AI-generated blonde-haired female news reader who sported a black jacket and white T-shirt as she introduced herself.

“I’m Fedha, the first presenter in Kuwait who works with artificial intelligence at Kuwait News. What kind of news do you prefer?,” she said in Arabic.
“Let’s hear your opinions,” she added.
Fedha is a popular old Kuwaiti name that refers to silver, the metal.
Kuwait isn’t the first country to unveil an AI-produced news anchor: In 2018, China’s state news agency unveiled its own virtual newsreader wearing a sharp suit and somewhat robotic voice.

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April 12, 2023
2,20,000 passengers to pass through Kuwait airport during Eid Al-Fitr break

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Kuwait: About 2,20,000 passengers are expected to pass through Kuwait International Airport (KIA) during the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr holiday, between April 20 to April 25, local media reported.
The Kuwait Director General of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, Eng. Saleh Al-Fadaghi said that around 1,800 flights, will be operating during this period and the most travelled destinations during the Eid holiday are Dubai, Istanbul, Jeddah, Cairo and Doha, Arabic daily Al-Qabas reported.
For traffic management, he said that an action plan has been drawn up that includes organizing annual leave for employees, supervisors, and a support team for quick intervention in resolving problems, rewarding distinguished employees, and benefiting from Saad Al-Abdullah Airport for charter and private flights.

Al-Fadaghi explained that the most prominent arrangements for the summer travel season are the rationing of vacations for employees and leaders in supervisory positions, so that they do not exceed 30 percent of the total employees.
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April 12, 2023
Kuwait: 9K ex-pats deported for criminal activities in Q1 2023; Indians top list

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Kuwait: More than 9,000 expatriates of various nationalities have been deported to their home countries in the first quarter from— January 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023, local media reported.
The deportation was due to their involvement in criminal and misdemeanor cases. Of the total deportees, there were about 4,000 women.
According to the Arabic daily Al Qabas, the Indian community ranked first in the number of deportees, followed by the Filipino community in second place, then the Sri Lankan community in third place, and then the Egyptian community in fourth place.

There are currently 700 men and women in deportation prison, and arrangements are being made for their deportation within the next 10 days.
Deportations for drug use and peddling have increased significantly in the past three months.
The acceleration of deportation is attributed to the strict instructions of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Interior and Defense, Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled.
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April 9, 2023
Kuwait denies residency permit renewal of 5000 expats

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Kuwait: Kuwait’s Interior Ministry has denied residency permit renewal applications for 5,000 expatriates who have stayed abroad for more than six months.
The expatriates reportedly submitted their renewal applications online, citing “illness, family situations, and financial incapacitation, among other reasons”, as their reasons for staying abroad for more than six months.
“Other expatriates will also lose their iqamas this month for the same reason. The ministry, through the department of residency affairs, automatically and immediately cancels the residency of any expatriate who has been outside Kuwait for six months,” a source at the interior ministry told Kuwait Times.
In October 2022, the Interior Ministry announced it would electronically cancel residence permits for government sector workers.
The ministry also included private sector partners and their dependents, students and self-sponsored residents whose visas will be canceled if they have been outside the country for six months or more.
As per media reports, the ministry calculates the period of absence of expatriates from the country from August 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023. After six months, their residency will be automatically revoked.
According to Kuwaiti law, the maximum length of stay for expatriates outside the country is six months. Although this was in effect earlier, based on humanitarian considerations, since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the cabinet had given special permission to non-residents to stay outside the country for more than six months and to renew their residence documents online.
Expatriates make up approximately 3.4 million of Kuwait’s total population of 4.6 million.

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March 30, 2023
Kuwait to increase electricity, water bills by 50%

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Kuwait: Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water is set to increase electricity and water tariffs by 50 percent this year, local media reported.
The price hike will be implemented with the approval of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.
“The executive study to increase prices of electricity and water has been ready for some time, but the government’s resignation delayed its implementation,” sources told Kuwait Times.
The report indicated that citizens will be exempted from this increase in their private homes, however, their investments and commercial properties will be subject to the increases.
The ministry has reportedly said the increase is necessary as global energy prices continue to rise, as well as “the burden it poses to the ministry’s budget and public funds.”
“There are government fears that the National Assembly will reject this increase, but the government will fight for its approval, especially since the constitutional court’s decision to annul the parliament might change the political scene,” the sources added.
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March 20, 2023
Kuwait considers granting expat wife citizenship after 18 years

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Kuwait: Kuwait is considering granting the citizenship to expat wife of a Kuwaiti after 18 years of marriage, local media reported.
In this regard, the government of Kuwait submitted a draft law amending Article 8 of Amiri Decree No. 15/1959.
Under the proposed amendments, an ex-pat woman who married a Kuwaiti man will not automatically become a Kuwaiti citizen unless she declares her desire to do so to the minister of the interior and maintains legal residency in Kuwait for a period of 18 years from the date of marriage.
The minister of interior may also prevent her from obtaining Kuwaiti nationality if he deems it necessary.
As per a report by Arab Times, if a woman’s marriage ends due to death or divorce and she has a son or children, she can declare her desire to acquire Kuwaiti nationality, provided she has maintained her legal and normal residence in Kuwait and takes care of her children until one of them reaches the age of 10.
The amendments also state that the minister of interior can grant a expat woman, the wife of a Kuwaiti, the treatment of a Kuwaiti individual after she has announced her desire and the marriage for a period of three years maintained.
According to the Arabic daily Al Rai, the draft law aims to address concerns that the current provision allows expat women married to Kuwaiti nationals to acquire Kuwaiti citizenship only after five years of marriage without having children.
This led to expat women obtaining Kuwaiti nationality and then divorcing them from their Kuwaiti husbands without any ties to Kuwait.

The proposed amendments aim to address this issue by extending the period to 18 years and requiring proof of loyalty and integration into Kuwaiti society.
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March 20, 2023
Kuwait court nullifies 2022 election results, reinstates previous Parliament

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Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Constitutional Court on Sunday annulled the 2022 National Assembly and brought back the 2020 Parliament, the media reported.
The ruling, which took immediate effect, saw members of the previous Parliament, including Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, taking office, Xinhua reported citing Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
The decision came after the Constitutional Court ruled that the election process in September 2021 in all the five electoral districts was null and void.
Last December, the Constitutional Court postponed its examination of appeals lodged by several electoral districts against the Parliamentary election results, according to KUNA.
In January, the then-Kuwaiti cabinet resigned, following a standoff between the government and the opposition-led Parliament over financial relief policies.
Earlier this month, the court announced it would rule on March 19 on the electoral appeals.
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March 19, 2023
Kuwait leads Arab countries in organ donation after death

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Kuwait: Kuwait ranked first among the Arab countries and second in the Middle East in terms of organ donation, according to the Kuwaiti Society for Organ Transplantation, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
During a ceremony held to honor and register new donors on Thursday, the association’s head Mustafa Al-Moussawi said, “In 2022, Kuwait witnessed about 50 kidney transplants from 50 deceased and 49 similar operations from the living.”
He stated that the total number of local donors remains small compared to the GCC, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries, explaining that the aforementioned campaign aims to increase the number of donation card holders from 17,000 donors currently to 30,000.
He pointed out that organ transplants include the heart, lung, liver, pancreas, children’s intestines, cornea, and parts of the arteries. He added he hoped to reopen the liver transplant program after it was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The process of organ donation in Kuwait dates back to 1979 but it was limited to donation from the living, through relatives, and in 1996 a program began to donate brain deaths.
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February 5, 2023