The Kenyan government has formed an investigation team tasked with reviewing all preliminary accident reports involving Kenyan-registered or -operated aircraft, as submitted by South Sudan and Somalia over the past five years.
The team, led by long-serving pilot Captain Peter Maranga and Fredrick Kabunge from the Ministry of Transport, will conduct interviews and engage with relevant industry stakeholders to establish facts and gather information in support of its mandate.
“In carrying out its mandate, the team may examine, evaluate, analyse, or test any information, data, material, or substance to validate any conclusions or assumptions made in the submitted reports,” a Gazette Notice dated March 27 reads in part.
Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir stated that the seven-member team will serve for three months.
Fredrick Aggrey Opot will serve as the vice-chairperson of the team expected to present a report of its findings to the Transport CS.
Other members of the team include Capt. Nduati Herman Njama, Rtd. Lt. Col. Mike Mulwa, Ephantus Kamau, Capt. Valentine Wendoh, and James Mwangi. Brenda Mwango, Mathias Ombasa, and Albert Mwangeka have been named as the joint secretaries.
The establishment of the investigation team follows reports that a Kenyan pilot flying a cargo aircraft was killed in a Sudanese military airstrike.
