The General Traffic Department (GTD) is reported to have cancelled the driving licenses of more than 14,600 expatriates after holders of those licenses changed their professions and the new job did not entitle them to obtain driving licenses.
The Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for the Traffic Sector, Major General Jamal Al-Sayegh, is said to have given instructions to senior GTD officials not to be lenient in granting driving licenses, as the number of reckless drivers and irresponsible driving on Kuwait’s roads are increasing.
According to GTD records, there are 1,575,000 license holders in Kuwait, of whom, 670,000 are citizens and 850,000 are expatriates. In addition, 30,000 are Bedouins and 25,000 are Gulf nationals.
On another note, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) confirmed in a statistic from the General Administration for the Execution of Sentences that there were 2,882 arrest warrants and 1,882 execution orders issued in the first half of this year.
The General Department of Relations and Security Media at the Ministry of Interior stated that the General Department for the Execution of Judgments, represented by the Department of Execution of Criminal Judgments and the Department of Civil Execution Assistance, issued the statistics on the functions and activities of the departments until the end of the first half of this year 2021.
The administration affirmed that security campaigns are continuing throughout the country to apprehend law-breakers and urged citizens and residents to cooperate with security men and not to hide violators and wanted persons, so that they could face the full force of the law.