Kuwait explores new hygiene contracts to boost cleanliness

• Manal Al-Asfour outlined the Coordination Committee’s tasks, including reviewing properties for administrative evacuation under Decree-Law No. 40 of 1978, verifying legal procedures, notifying stakeholders, and assessing buildings, financial obligations, and appropriations.

Manal Al-Asfour, the Acting Director General of Kuwait Municipality, will lead a Coordination Committee meeting to discuss the latest developments in the vehicle reservation auction, according to Al Qabas newspaper.

The committee will discuss the latest developments in introducing and awarding new cleanliness contracts, as well as following up on their implementation to improve cleanliness levels. They will also review the progress of the development and information sector plan towards digital transformation in municipal services.

Administrative Evacuation Committee

Meanwhile, Al-Asfour issued a decision to form the Administrative Evacuation Committee, chaired by the Deputy Director General for Survey Sector Affairs, M. Fahad Patel. The committee will also include the Deputy Director General for Urban Organization and Structural Plan Affairs, Deputy Directors General for the sectors of the municipalities in the governorates, the director of the survey department, a representative of the legal department with the rank of consultant, and representatives from the Ministry of Finance’s Expropriation for Public Benefit and State Property departments.

Committee reviews properties for evacuation, ensures compliance

Al-Asfour outlined the committee’s tasks, which include reviewing properties to be evacuated administratively in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law No. 40 of 1978, verifying the integrity of legal and executive procedures followed for these evacuations, and ensuring stakeholders are notified through announcements in the Official Gazette. The committee will also assess existing buildings, financial obligations, and the availability of financial appropriation.

The committee is tasked with making decisions on properties affected by regulatory procedures, for which decisions by the Municipal Council have approved organization or disconnection areas in accordance with Law No. 40 of 1978.

If stakeholders have not completed the regulatory procedures, failed to review them, or have not handed over ownership documents, the committee will determine the necessary time limit for evacuation. This will prepare for the disconnection of electricity and demolition of the property, and the committee will follow up on the implementation of administrative evacuation decisions in coordination with the relevant departments.