From what I have read in the news this week, I think we might as well be living in Middle Ages. First its being planned for power cuts in various suburbs,institutions, government buildings to save on electricity. Come on KISR, you guys know Kuwait is blessed with dual power sources of Oil and natural Sunlight.You guys can recommend usage of Solar powered installations for various locations to conserve electricity.For example solar powered street lighting.

Then there is news of not allowing women to work during night hours between 8pm till 7am. What is going on over here? Is this Femalophobia running down the spines? The reason given is that if women who are not working in essential services like hospitals are basically engaged in immoral activities or are engaged in undue hard labour conditions. My question is can these lawmakers please pass this law so it also applies to Maids working in homes. I believe they are exposed to both hard labour and unnatural working hours.

Come to think of it if these laws were passed all the ladies can say goodbye to parlors or beauticians after 8pm. And the eateries like McDonalds, Burger King etc would have to seriously implement new HR policies when it comes to hiring women and their compensation. Simply put there would be more discrimination in hiring women, because they wont be hired where work involves shifts.

Then lets talk about rent laws, its being proposed that as per new laws, landlords would have new powers [as if they lacked any!] to increase the rents for both commercial and residential units at the expiry of the contract. The new law states that the contract for residential will be 1 year and commercial 10 years. Welcome to the age of 5-10% increase in rents every year! Who will get the worst kicks on their backside? Expatriates. Already the rents are astronomical in Kuwait, with people shelling out as much as 30-40% of their paychecks in rents. How are we going to survive with more rent increase. And the worst part the salaries remain stagnant in Kuwait. And the prices of day to day commodities are sky rocketing. Where is the consumer protection law here?

If this continues, the day is not far away when Kuwait will turn into a disaster we all call Dubai ‘a glowing hollow pit‘ where things look glamorous from outside but deep inside the society is crumbling under the economic pressure getting sucked within its confines. Where people earn to spend and spend to earn, but at the end save zero.

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