Final accounts of KUNA and Research Institute approved for fiscal year 2025/2026
The final accounts for 2025/2026 reveal a deficit in revenues at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), necessitating transfers from the Ministry of Finance to cover the gap between revenues and expenditures.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
The final account of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research reported that its expenditures reached 40.81 million Kuwaiti dinars during the 2025/2026 fiscal year, compared to revenues of approximately 5.61 million dinars. Additionally, total transfers from the budgets of ministries and government departments – Ministry of Finance “General Accounts” amounted to approximately 35.204 million dinars to cover the gap between the institute’s revenues and expenditures.
On the other hand, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) recorded expenditures of 12.961 million dinars during the 2025/2026 fiscal year, against revenues of approximately 360.1 thousand dinars. According to the agency’s final account, published in “Kuwait Al-Yaum,” transfers from the budgets of ministries and government departments – Ministry of Finance “General Accounts” totaled approximately 12.601 million dinars to cover the difference between revenues and expenditures.
