Kuwaitis’ Free Food Grant to Cost $818 Million, KUNA Reports
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Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s is granting free food rations to all Kuwaiti citizens at a cost of 230 million dinars ($818 million), state news agency KUNA reported.
The grant, which is being given to citizens on the 20th anniversary of Kuwait’s liberation from occupying Iraqi forces and which also marks the 50th anniversary of the state’s independence, is effective from Feb. 1 until March 31 next year, KUNA cited Commerce Minister Ahmed al-Haroun as saying.