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KUWAIT NEWS

Engineering certificates ‘accreditation’ to begin

The Public Authority for Manpower, with the cooperation of the Kuwait
Society of Engineers, will start the procedures for accrediting the certificates
of 71 professions in the engineering, architectural and agricultural fields, and
assistant engineering professions. the procedures will not only be concerned
with the approval of certificates, but will also include conducting tests in some
specialties and professions, as part of a plan to filter marginal workers out of
the labor market.
As per Public Authority for Civil Information revealed that the number of non-
Kuwaiti workers registered in the professions of technician, assistant
specialists in natural sciences, and engineering in the private sector was
30,000, compared to only 310 Kuwaitis. Moreover, Public Authority for
Manpower will witness changes in a number of leadership positions in the
coming weeks due to the expiry of the tenure of some of them. They
revealed the nomination of four current directors, including a woman, working
in different sectors of the authority to be promoted to occupy leadership
positions.
https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/engineering-certificates-accreditation-to-begin/

IRAQ NEWS

Iraq parliament swears in new members after dozens walk out

Iraq’s parliament swore in dozens of new legislators on Thursday, replacing
73 who were loyal to powerful Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr and
strengthening the power of rival Iran-backed Shia factions in the assembly.
Iraq was plunged deeper into political crises on June 12 when 73 legislators
from al-Sadr’s bloc, then the biggest in parliament, quit en masse in a bid to
break a logjam over the establishment of a new government. The legislature
had already been in turmoil since October’s general election, amid intense
negotiations between political factions that failed to forge a majority in
support of a new prime minister to succeed Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Following
the mass resignation, the seats defaulted to candidates with the second
highest number of votes during October’s polls. According to Iraqi laws, if
any seat in parliament becomes vacant, the candidate who obtains the
second highest number of votes in their electoral district would replace them.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/23/iraq-parliament-swears-in-new-members-after-dozens-walk-out