The lower chamber of parliament has examined the law establishing the meteorology of Rwanda and Civil Aviation security and a waits to be published in the official gazette.
Speaking to igihe.com Augustine Habimana the Director of communication at parliament said that the two bills have been adopted and will be published in the official gazette soon to be in force.
“The two laws that have been passed will assist in proper functioning of these two government agencies,” Habimana said.
Meteorology law establishes meteorology agency of Rwanda and determine its mission, organization and functions in the country.
The law shall establish the Meteorology Agency of Rwanda referred to METEO RWANDA by abbreviation.
METEO RWANDA shall have legal personality, administrative and financial autonomy and shall be managed in accordance with general provisions governing public institutions.
The weather and climate agency is supposed to implement government’s policy in meteorology using modern technology, research and development itself.
While Civil Aviation security law, shall determine the modalities of regulating the Civil Aviation Security. It is aimed at preventing acts jeopardizing safety of civil aviation by providing security protection.
Security protection will extended to aircrafts used for civil aviation, persons and goods on board a civilian aircraft, airports, persons and goods at airports, air navigation installations which are not at the airports.
It will also monitor and inspect the conduct of persons at airports and on board of aircraft in order to assure aviation security.
The law gives powers and responsibilities to govern and maintain security of all activities of private jets, passengers and their luggage.
This comes following a meeting of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), with King Fiscal Hospital, Rwandair and regional air carriers to help formulate emergency procedures in case of accidents.
Rwanda’s Civil Aviation Authority is in plans to improve the country’s preparedness in cases of emergency at the airports to avert such scenarios that happened in the past.
The upgrade of the emergency response also follows a plane that crashed at Kigali International Airport November 2009 causing panic when a speeding ambulance carrying casualties overturned off the road barely a kilometer from the airport.
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