Several parliamentarians slam the new rule introduced by interior ministry limiting the maximum raise for an expat salary to 50 KD per year.

MP Yousef Al-Zalzalah described the limiting of salary increases of expats to KD 50 per year as an “illogical procedure”, and wondered how the decision was made. He said if there was a good employee who deserves more than a KD 50 raise, “is he supposed to be rewarded or marginalized”?

MP Fares Al-Otaibi said that “there should a well-studied and logical treatment of the problem without handicapping people’s livelihood. It is only logical that salaries should not be limited and we must show we are in a country of goodness.” He said there should be a realistic study that reduces the number of marginal laborers through the formation of a joint committee and to reduce the number of laborers that do not have any justification for being here.

Otaibi found it strange that decisions were being made that made expat problems more complicated instead of simply solving them.

Earlier the joint meeting of social affairs and interior ministries introduced new rules which state that the maximum salary increment for an expatriate should not be more than 50 KD. The decision was taken on the background that many expats are increasing the salary to make it 600 KD for applying for driving license.

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