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A INTRODUCTION

Key speakers and select delegates with Guest of Honor Prof. Paul Maringa, Principal Secretary of the
Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development at the Opening of the
4th East African Community Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency Symposium.

The 4th East African Community Civil Aviation Safety Urban Development on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary
and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) symposium James Macharia. The symposium was attended by a
was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 1st to 2nd February 2018 wide range of professionals across the region including
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel under the theme of ‘Aviation region’s CAAs, ICAO, aircraft manufacturers, airlines and
Safety and Collaborative Approach’. The symposium air operators, maintenance and training organizations
was held as an initiative to review CASSOA’s safety and with 310 delegates in attendance.
harmonization programmes including the assistance to
partner states to assist them in meeting ICAO Standards There were opening remarks from various speakers
and Recommended Practices. from CASSOA, ICAO, EAC Secretariat, KCAA, KAA and
CAA Uganda. Further there were 17 presentations on a
The 3rd CASSOA Symposium was held in Kigali, Rwanda wide range of topics including sustainable funding
in 2015 and the 4th Symposium was held to review model for CASSOA, Drone operations, Recertification,
progress of CASSOA since then. The Symposium was Collaboration for Aviation Safety and Harmonizing of
officially opened by Prof. Paul Maringa, Principal Secre- Regulations among others. There were also several
tary, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and panels that reviewed the presentations and addressed

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