Kenya will host the East African Community Centre for Aviation Medicine.
The centre is located next to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority headquarters, in Nairobi and is nearing completion.
The project stands at a completion rate of 93 per cent, according to KCAA.
Aviation medicine is a preventive or occupational medicine in which the patients/subjects are pilots, aircrews, or astronauts.
In a statement on Tuesday, KCAA said the centre is a department of the EAC Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) and will offer services to aviation personnel in the region.
Speaking during a visit to the facility, EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki said the centre was a significant boost to the aviation industry in the region, adding that EAC will spare no effort to ensure the centre attained global aviation medicine status.
"This is a huge boost to aviation in the region, and we are proud of the Kenya Government for supporting such a facility,"Mathuki said.
Director General of the KCAA Captain Gilbert Kibe, disclosed that construction of the centre is fully funded by the government of Kenya.
"Sixty percent of the funding has been provided by the Government as a grant support to KCAA through the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works while the remaining forty percent has been provided by Kenya Civil Aviation Authority," Kibe said.
Chairman of KCAA Board of Directors Joseph Nkadayo said the Authority was on course to completing the project ahead of time.
"I commend the diligence portrayed in this project as well as the good workmanship exhibited in the construction of the Centre," the chairman said.
Present during the visit were senior aviation officials led by the Regional Director for ICAO Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAF) office Barry Kashambo.
Edited by CM
