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The
social security system currently in
force in Kuwait covers all citizens
who are active within the community
regardless of their occupation.
The
system also covers the employees
working for third parties in any
sector and it covers the National
Assembly members and trainees for
work sponsors as well as the self
employed such as merchants, and
free-lancers such as physicians,
engineers, lawyers, shopkeepers and
Kuwaitis working abroad and those
who practice other professions which
are officially licensed by competent
authorities
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uwait
began a pension scheme on 1st
January 1955 within the
framework of civil servant
system in the public sector. The
first independent law for
pensions was issued in Law
Decree No.3 of 1960. This
covered government employees,
Civil and military, and was
followed by an independent law
for pensions and indemnities for
the military, in accordance with
law No.27 of 1961, which came
into force on September
9th,1961....
