By Goth Mohamed Goth
The house of parliament has in a motion chaired by the first deputy speaker Hon Mohamed Farah have vote in favor of the Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority bill and the quality control bill.
During the motion 55MPs out of the 82 MPs were present, 48 MPS voted in favor of the Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority bill, 2 MPS vote against while 4MPS abstained, the deputy speaker didn’t vote.
On the other hand legislators in a similar vote 42 MPs voted in favor of the quality control bill, 8 MPs against while 4 MPs abstained, the deputy speaker didn’t cast his vote.
The passing of the Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority bill is vital for establishing an autonomous authority with the objective of making aviation safe, regular, standard and efficient and also to equipping Somaliland airports with the necessary communications and navigational facilities in line with international standards.
The approval quality control bill shall pave way for Quality control inspectors or engineers to monitor quality standards for almost every manufactured item during each stage of the manufacturing process and also to, test and check if consumer goods produced locally and those imported to the country are in compliance with national and international norms before being released into the local markets.