Fatwa and Legislation: Enhancing Legal Awareness in Government Entities is Key to Consolidating Transparency and Governance - Sarmad
Deputy Director of the Fatwa and Legislation Department emphasizes the importance of enhancing legal awareness among specialists in government entities to consolidate the principles of transparency and governance
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
The Deputy Director of the Fatwa and Legislation Department, Advisor Haitham Al-Ruwaid, affirmed on Tuesday the administration’s commitment to enhancing legal awareness among specialists and employees in government entities, thereby reinforcing the principles of transparency and governance.
This statement was made by Advisor Al-Ruwaid in an interview with the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on the sidelines of a dialogue seminar titled “The New Public Tenders Law: A Legal Reading of the New Amendments and Their Impact on Government Contracting Procedures,” which is part of the activities of the Second Legal Cultural Season of the “Fatwa and Legislation” Department.
Al-Ruwaid stated that “Fatwa and Legislation,” through this seminar and its counterparts scheduled during its cultural season, aims to enhance legal awareness and empower specialists and all relevant stakeholders, particularly those working in government entities subject to the Public Tenders Law, to gain a comprehensive understanding of its amendments. This initiative seeks to achieve the law’s objectives of promoting flexibility in application, as well as efficiency, transparency, and fairness.
He noted that under the patronage of its Chairman, Advisor Salah Al-Majid, “Fatwa and Legislation” continues its second cultural season by hosting its second seminar, which highlights the provisions of Law Decree No. 94 of 2026 amending certain articles of Law No. 49 of 2016 concerning Public Tenders. This decree includes amendments related to regulating procurement and tendering processes conducted by government entities.
He added that practical application of the law revealed several difficulties and operational issues that had negative repercussions on workflow. Consequently, these amendments were issued to simplify procedures, address the difficulties and problems arising from practical realities, and enhance the flexibility of relevant entities in dealing with actual facts. This aims to serve the interests of work and ensure the execution of public tender procedures with speed, efficiency, transparency, and fairness, as clarified in the explanatory memorandum of the aforementioned law.
The Legal Cultural Season of “Fatwa and Legislation,” running until February next year, addresses various topics related to legal and legislative affairs through its different seminars, as part of efforts to disseminate legal culture.
The second seminar of the Legal Cultural Season is dedicated to discussing the features of the new law, the main challenges it faces, the boundaries of coordination mechanisms between government entities, and the fundamental impact this law will have on the government contracting system.
Law Decree No. 94 of 2026 amending certain articles of Law No. 49 of 2016 concerning Public Tenders was issued last September. Its objective is to simplify procedures, address difficulties and problems arising from practical realities, and enhance the flexibility of relevant entities in dealing with actual facts, thereby serving the interests of work and ensuring the execution of public tender procedures with speed, efficiency, transparency, and fairness.
