Head of the Farwaniya Municipality, Engineer Muhammad Sarkhoh has recently pointed out that the large companies have an opportunity to improve the housing conditions of their workers living in Jeleeb Al-Shuyoukh.
According to media reports, Muhammad Sarkhoh has stated that Engineer Ahmad Al-Manfouhi, Director-General of the Kuwait Municipality is monitoring the conditions in the area particularly after he requested an extension of the Municipality work, considering the involved authorities in the committee are focused on companies with government contracts and that there is, therefore, an appropriate time of 6 months to improve their conditions.
During a recent field inspection tour by Public Authority for Manpower personnel Muhammad Saroukh emphasized the companies that they must protect the rights of their employees.
Earlier the consensus from the last year’s visit by PAM personnel was that the housing provided to workers was generally unfit for living as most of the buildings were overcrowded with inadequate cleanliness and lack of proper sanitation facilities. Inspectors also came across several irregularities; some of the workers had transformed their housing into unlicensed mini-workshops doing different work, while others had turned them into makeshift groceries.
Recently, Sarkhoh has revealed that to deal with the rest of the violations in the area, especially since the committee has come a long way in administratively closing the violating stores, a second plan will be announced shortly.
He further added that there will be closure without any extension or renewal of certain commercial activities in the area, including a pharmacy, a company selling construction materials and a money exchange, since the renewal is currently being carried out under an automated system and the licensing of these activities is being suspended.