ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Aerial Work Operations - Agriculture) Regulations, 2025
32. Operation over congested areas - pilots and aircraft.
Edition: 2026-03-06 · In force
32. Operation over congested areas - pilots and aircraft.
A person shall not operate an aircraft over a congested area unless—(a)the pilot-in-command of the aircraft has at least—(i)twenty-five hours of pilot-in-command flight time in the make and basic model of the aircraft, at least ten hours of which shall have been acquired within the preceding twelve months; and(ii)one hundred hours of flight experience as pilot-in-command in dispensing agricultural materials or chemicals(b)the aircraft, if it is—(i)an aircraft not specified in this paragraph, has had within the preceding one hundred hours of time in service a one hundred hours or annual inspection by a person authorized by the Authority under the requirements of the Civil Aviation (Airworthiness) Regulations or have been inspected under a progressive inspection system;(ii)a large or turbine-powered multiengine aircraft of Kenyan registry, has been inspected in accordance with the applicable inspection programme requirements of Civil Aviation (Airworthiness) Regulations;(iii)not a helicopter, is equipped with a device capable of jettisoning at least one-half of the aircraft’s maximum authorized load of agricultural material within forty-five seconds; and(iv)equipped with a device for releasing the tank or hopper as a unit, has the means to prevent inadvertent release by the pilot or other crewmember.