Scarce funds, personnel weigh down regional air safety agency

Inadequate funding and shortage of staff are the major challenges weighing down operations of the East African Community Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (Cassoa), officials say.“We are looking at alternative financing mechanism to bridge the gap,” the Executive Director of Cassoa, Barry Kashambo, told members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) who were visiting the agency’s offices in Entebbe, Uganda, last week.