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Kuwaiti
electricity and water minister Ahmad al-Jassar (R) told the assembly that
government was paying approximately US$8.8 billion annually to subsidies power
and water production in Kuwait City on April 12, 2016 ©Yasser al-Zayyat (AFP)
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Kuwait's parliament on
Wednesday passed a bill allowing the government to raise power and water
charges on foreign residents and on businesses but exempted the Gulf state's
citizens.
