Nightmare of all expats
Muna Al-Fuzai
I could not think of a better title for the complaints made by expatriates here but "nightmare". Most expats who comes to Kuwait for work want to make money and live in peace to complete their time here and then go home. This includes everyone regardless if they are in low or high paid jobs as maids, doctors or technicians. I can't think of anyone who comes to Kuwait to stay forever.
Today , I will share with readers a complaint by a man who is facing hard times with his residency. He came to Kuwait in 2007 as a chef and it took him three years to get a release and join another company and yet he is still struggling with his residency by the new company or shall I say the new sponsor or master.
He hasn't got his official new iqama with the new company, and why not? No answer. The chef has no idea why this is happening to him and I wonder how if this man is a chef working in a restaurant, he is not being checked by the municipality.
This man now has no valid visa to be in the country and he is not a criminal or thief, although in the eye of the law he is a violator of residency regulations. This is why I believe there is a need by the Ministry of Interior to set up checkpoints and hold campaigns in areas with high density of expats and at workplaces of expats to check those who don't carry legal residency and especially the ones who work in restaurants and the food sector.
A few years back, I got an email from an Asian worker who claimed that a big food company sends new workers to serve in branches all over Kuwait before they complete their medical tests because the company can't afford to wait twenty or thirty days until all these new workers are done from their medical tests.
I also recall that I wrote an article about this issue but never investigated if this situation has been corrected and fixed or not. I don't think we should be fooled by the big and famous names of any restaurants to assume everything is perfect and that is why campaigns to check expat residencies is a must.
Sponsors and the company owners of workers who are not holding any legal residency must also be questioned. There is a need to have such sudden campaigns by the MoI for two main reasons. The first is to ensure that all are having legal documents to work and be in Kuwait. The second is to ensure that they are free of illnesses and they don't carry any diseases.
Those working in the food sector should be healthy and there shouldn't be any doubts of being infected. It is sad to learn that until today, there are sponsors who want to make money at the cost of public health. It is extremely dangerous to have a cook with no clear proof that he/she is healthy and fit to work even if they have been in Kuwait for years.
I also believe sponsors or company owners should receive a penalty so they would consider the consequences of breaking iqama laws. If he is careless because he is a citizen and maybe has wasta, public health should not be in peril due to this. Enforcement of laws is essential.
muna@kuwaittimes.net
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