I think the one thing that stood out for me when it comes to hurdles is having been the first woman and the only woman in the airline - Irene Koki Mutungi

We have to prove ourselves, women, we can do it maybe even better.

I get to experience the extremely busy airspaces and adverse weather, which is a challenge I like to take on. The airspace in Africa is not as busy and we don’t have extreme weather like hurricanes, snowstorms, etc

Coincidentally, the passenger who declined to fly with me was on my first Fokker 50 flight from a city in Kenya, Kisumu. He said he was not a guinea pig to be flown by a woman.