The Kuwait Municipality has agreed to cancel the decision of the Municipal Council issued on July 11, 2011 to allocate a site for the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources to establish the Great Zoo in the Jahra Governorate, on 1.4 million square meters west of the Sixth Ring Road, and to re-allocate it for the interest of the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to establish an educational and entertainment project in implementation of the decision of the Council of Ministers.
The Director-General of the municipality, Eng Ahmed Al-Manfouhi, in a report he referred to the head of the Municipal Council, said that the Municipality stipulated that the structural plan of the project be submitted to the plan concerned department for study and approval, and that coordination be made with the Ministry of Electricity and Water regarding groundwater sites before implementation, reports a local Arabic daily.
Eng Al-Manfouhi explained that the Cabinet’s decision included the following components: “An animal shelter – educational and cultural centers – a zoo – commercial activity / restaurants – a resort / hotel – a water park – climbing – horseback riding – botanical gardens – theaters – spaces for golf education – bicycle paths.”
Al-Manfouhi indicated that the Fatwa and Legislation Department stated it is permissible to end the allocation of the plot of land in question for public benefit and to include it within the state’s private property through a decision issued by the Municipal Council, which includes canceling its previous decision to allocate it to the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources, and to re-allocate it to the Ministry of Finance as one of the private properties of the state.
He pointed out that the transfer of ownership of the land to the PIFSS and considering its price as a deduction of part of the actuarial deficit of the institution, which the state is obligated to pay, only comes through a legislative amendment to the text of Article 10 of the PIFSS Law No. 61 of 1976, so that it allows the public treasury, not the state, to fulfill its obligation to pay the deficit in the funds of the institution, in cash or in kind.
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