Al-Wihda student group wins NUKS-US elections

SAN DIEGO, Nov 28 (KUNA) -- "Al-Wihda" group won the election of the National Union Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) USA branch, which was held here late on Friday.
The runners for the race this year were Al-Wihda and Student Future.
The past year "Al-Wihda" won by 350 votes' difference, as compared to 360 in the new polling.
Over 4,440 students registered to participate in the 32nd annual Conference of NUKS themed "Kuwait's dream is fulfilled with us," where more than 5,000 Kuwaiti students showed up.
Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Bader Al-Essa attended the inauguration of the conference, along with Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah whom both urged in their speeches to shun sectarianism and tribalism while participating in the voting process.(end) mao.rk