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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.

— Irene Koki Mutungi

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

I would definitely encourage more young women to consider careers in the aviation industry.

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