An informed government source considered that the completion rate in the 2023 development plan projects is the lowest since 2010, and that 70 percent of them are late and face many complex challenges.
According to available information the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development deemed its current year report as one of the least successful, attributing this assessment to a “lack of achievement.”
The source disclosed that funds allocated for several development projects were returned to the Ministry of Finance’s treasury because the projects could not be complete due to various reasons, reports Al-Rai daily.
The source added the report identified some key challenges facing development plan projects, with a primary focus on issues such as lack of coordination among ministries, inadequate understanding of these projects by some entities, and confusion between the development plan and the annual operational plan.
The report meticulously outlined six entities responsible for impeding 81 projects within the 2023-2024 development plan across various government agencies, specifying their respective project counts and proposing solutions to overcome these challenges.
According to the report, the Ministry of Finance bears responsibility for 23 projects encountering diverse challenges, followed by the Kuwait Municipality with 15 projects, the Ministry of Public Works with 5 projects, the Central Agency for Public Tenders 8 projects, the Public Authority for Roads and Land Transport 15 and the Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy also 15 projects.
