Ruweida Obo

Ruweida Mohamed Obo was born in 1978, in Pate Island, Lamu County. She is a Kenyan politician and the first woman elected as MP for Lamu East Constituency.

Early life and education Born in Pate Island, Lamu County, she attended Ndau Primary School in Lamu and later transferred to Ngomeni Primary School in Kilifi County. She attended Coast Girls' High School in Mombasa County for her O-levels education. She received her private pilot's licence from the Kenya School of Flying in October 2002. She worked as the line captain at Mombasa Air Safari for 13 years.

In 2017, she obtained a BSc in Aviation Management from the University of Nairobi. In 2022 she obtained a BBM from Moi University. In 2017, Obo ran again for Lamu county woman representative under the Jubilee Party, defeating the incumbent Shakila Abdalah Mohamed. Following her election, she served as the vice chairperson of the Committee on Regional Integration at the National Assembly.