Kuwait launches aggressive crackdown plan on violators

• The Kuwait Municipality “will currently focus on the existing illegal canopies in investment and commercial areas, especially those adjacent to electricity transformers and the walls of government buildings.”

In his first statement after being appointed as head of the central team under the Director General of the Municipality, Yousef Al-Fajji announced several priorities for the team to address in the coming period. These priorities include “cleanliness, building violations, encroachments on state property, and security and safety.”

Al-Fajji told Al-Rai newspaper that the team “will currently focus, in addition to what is required to be implemented, on the existing illegal canopies in investment and commercial areas, especially those adjacent to electricity transformers and the walls of government buildings.”

He added that among the directives of Dr. Noura Al-Mashaan, the Minister of Works and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, is “to complete work on the files of reopening the basements used as warehouses and to open the existing and rented hangars in investment housing.”

Al-Fajji revealed that a well-thought-out plan has been completed to pursue violators and that it will be coordinated with the relevant state authorities, specifically the Ministry of Interior, “which we will rely on to provide ongoing security support to the team during its field campaigns.”

He pointed out that the team will include 35 members, whose role is to inspect and tour various regions to follow up on complaints received by the Director General’s Office. Eleven main members have been approved for the central team, and 24 sub-members from the governorate branches.

Al-Fajji explained that the director of each governorate branch will nominate four employees from four different departments to join the central team. They will perform their assigned tasks from their offices, which is to follow up on the central team’s complaints immediately.

He stressed that he will deal with the public according to the law and regulations without any exception or discrimination. This will be evidenced through the reports submitted from the sub-teams to the central team, which will include pictures and videos to confirm violations and to exclude any kind of malice in the work.

Al-Fajji concluded that “the team will hold a weekly meeting to follow up on its work and distribute complaints according to the specialization of each team member.”