Kuwait: The Ministry of Communications planning to privatise ‘transport, postal’ sectors; ‘Autonomous authority on the cards’

The Ministry of Communications (MoC) is planning to privatize the postal and transportation sectors in order to offer better services to citizens and to bring these services at par with those in the developed countries, reports Al-Qabas daily. Undersecretary at the ministry Abdul-Aziz Al-Osaimi said the ministry is trying to be in tune with the changing times and plans to adopt all the latest technological advancements that have taken place in these sectors.

Speaking about the transportation sector, Al-Osaimi said, “there are plans to create an autonomous transport authority and it will be responsible for organizing all transport facilities both on land and in sea.” Referring to the postal services, he said, “we need to keep ourselves abreast with the developments in this field and follow the example of some countries, which are now fully depending on postal services for transferring money and for postal orders.”

The Undersecretary also spoke about the optic fiber project, which is being implemented in South Surra. “This project will take time but over a period of time, I can assure that we will have optic fiber network throughout Kuwait and everyone will enjoy high quality services.”

Stating that the ministry is also open to suggestions and complaints of all kinds, he mentioned that it sets a date for customers to register their complaints through a special committee. The ministry has also put suggestion boxes in its premises. Hoping that the new Minister of Communications Sharida Al-Meosherji will perform his duty well and complete all transactions on time, Al-Osami added, “changing of ministers does not affect the performance of the ministry.”