EALA committee visits CASSOA
06th March, 2023. East African Legislative Assembly committee on Communication, Trade and Investment visited the Agency on March 06th 2023 here in Entebbe – Uganda. This as part of committee’s oversight activity to assess the progress made in the enforcement of safety and security matters of aviation in the East African Community.
The Executive Director of CASSOA, Ms. Wanjiru Muita together with Staff of CASSOA received the Honorable Members of EALA and the Delegation was chaired by Honorable Paul Musamali. The committee took note of the progress made by CASSOA in matters of aviation and challenges that the Agency has been facing over time including funding and high staff turnover rate. The EALA members of the committee agreed that they shall propose an EALA act that will be able to give more powers to CASSOA so that the laws done by CASSOA are implemented by Partner States.
Committee on Communication, Trade and Investment
The main functions of this Committee are broadly to receive reports on the status of implementation of the provisions of the Treaty falling within their mandate; complaints of non-compliance in facilitating the achievement of the objectives/goals of the Treaty; oversight of work and activities of the Sectoral Committee of the EAC and organs charged with implementation of provisions in this realm.
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