Kuwait minister quizzed on oil contracts; Members of parliament threaten to summon Sheikh Ahmed

摘要

Kuwait City-Kuwaiti oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah al-Sabah came under fire July 28 over the award of six oil contracts, each worth more than $500 million, with lawmakers threatening to summon him for questioning over the deals and about hefty bonuses allegedly paid to industry executives. Kuwait's al-Rai newspaper said opposition members of parliament Musallem al-Barrak and Hussain al-Qallaf have questioned the minister about how subsidiaries of state-owned conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corporation awarded the contracts without going through the Central Tenders Committee (CTC), the body in charge of reviewing state tenders above a certain value.