Hi Everyone,
This is my first post on my move back to Kuwait after almost a decade. Although I’ve been coming on and off to Kuwait, but being here, settled and starting a full life ahead is different. However, I have begun to regret the decision due to the rampant corruption, the sad governance and the pathetic state of affairs here. It seems to me that the clock is really moving backwards in this country. Look at the basic infrastructure, it has gone from good to sad to bad. The roads have not been paved for decades. Salmiya is full of drainage water on the roads as well as potholes reminiscent of a bygone era of a third world country. The immigration policies are archaic. The development on scientific, research, education and human resources is in reverse gear. The population has taken to drugs in such an alarming rate, that its hard to imagine the future of the generations here.
On the other hand, the corruption has gone much beyond the Wasta levels in almost every concieveable facet of life. Just the other day, I was talking to a new found friend and I was aghast at knowing the levels of corruption at highest levels, wherein complete consignments of equipment are an eye-wash and nothing gets in or out of the stores, except the delivery notes and the payments to the suppliers. The same equipment comes out in Hawally stores and Shuwaikh and gets sold at prices much lower than the market.
I still hope that sanity reins in and the administration takes note and comes down strongly on the ones in power and the bureaucracy. Otherwise only the grilling of ministers will make the headlines and the progress of the nation will continue to slide downwards.
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