Fatumah Ahmed

Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed is a major general and commander of the Kenya Air Force. She was originally a member of the women-only Kenyan Women Service Corps, transferring to the air force when the unit was absorbed into the three armed services in 1999. Ahmed has a degree from the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies and has served mainly in human resources roles. She was Kenya's first female brigadier.

Career Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed born in 1965 joined the Kenyan Army "by accident". Upon completing secondary school in 1983 she had to return to her home town in order to claim an identification card. She entered the Kenya Military Academy as an officer cadet in 1984 and upon graduating was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Kenyan Women Service Corps. From 1985 she served alongside the Kenyan Air Force, mainly in human resources. She served as deputy commander of a battalion and later as head of personnel at the Kenyan Air Force headquarters. She was the first female brigadier in Kenya. Later, in 2024, she became the first female commander of Kenya's air force, which also made her the first woman to lead one of Kenya's military services.