Kuwait National Assembly (parliament) approved Tuesday the budgets of 13 authorities for fiscal year 2020-21, and referred the bills to the government. The house voted 47-7 in favor of the draft laws.
The parliament approved the budgets of the National Assembly, Kuwait Municipality, Public Authority for Civil Information, Directorate General of Fire Services, Kuwait Investment Authority, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training and Public Authority for Sport. They also passed budgets of Environment Public Authority, Public Authority for the Disabled, Public Anti-Corruption Authority, Public Authority of Manpower, Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority and National Diwan for Human Rights. The parliament began a special session to discuss 20 draft budgets.