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Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe to disband
12 Jul 2011 at 17:32hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe government has submitted its contributions to the Attorney General's office for the drafting of a bill that shall see the disbandment of the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) from the regulatory authority.
According to the Minister of Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development, Nicholas Goche the bill will be sent to cabinet for approval before it is taken to parliament for debate.
Presenting oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development, Goche said government decided to come up with the bill following numerous problems associated with the national airline's planes, hence the need to have a regulatory authority independent of CAAZ.
"As you might be aware, recently one of our planes got involved in an accident with a pig. This is not the first time - it was a well thought move to allow impartiality in monitoring the fitness of our planes and the environment they are operating in," he said.
Apart from managing all the country's airports, CAAZ is also mandated to issue licenses of airworthiness which means the fitness authority given to airplanes to fly in a situation observers said left room for bias in its operations.
According to the Minister of Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development, Nicholas Goche the bill will be sent to cabinet for approval before it is taken to parliament for debate.
"As you might be aware, recently one of our planes got involved in an accident with a pig. This is not the first time - it was a well thought move to allow impartiality in monitoring the fitness of our planes and the environment they are operating in," he said.
Apart from managing all the country's airports, CAAZ is also mandated to issue licenses of airworthiness which means the fitness authority given to airplanes to fly in a situation observers said left room for bias in its operations.
Source - Byo24News
