The reform of the Kazakh National Wealth Fund (NWF) Samruk-Kazyna could lead to direct participation of citizens in the ownership of the fund’s assets, its head Almasadam Satkaliyev said. Earlier, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev criticized the fund for non-transparent work and the appointment of politically significant people to senior positions.
“Change starts with ourselves, based on the principles of transparency, accountability, business interruption, social responsibility and anti-corruption. Samruk-Kazyna will allow citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan to directly own the assets of the Fund. That is, the fair distribution of the wealth of the nation to all peoples is our main goal,” Mr. Satkaliyev wrote on Facebook.
The fund’s assets include many large Kazakhstani companies, including oil and gas KazMunayGas, Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy railway, Air Astana and Qazaq Air, Kazpost, Kazakhtelecom, Samruk-Energo other. After the end of the protests that swept Kazakhstan in early January, it became known that two sons-in-law of the first president of the country, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the chairman of the board of Kaztransoil JSC, Dimash Dosanov, and the chairman of the board of QazaqGaz National Company JSC, Kairat Sharipbayev, left their posts in companies related to the fund. .
About the consequences of the protests for the politics of Kazakhstan – in the material “Kommersant” “A step forward – two steps for a son-in-law.”