The skies beckon Lanet's rising female aviators

A fighter jet from Lanet salutes Hellen Obiri after winning the 10km women’s race at the KDF Cross Country Championship, Moi Air Base, Nairobi, Jan 7, 2022. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

For years, aviation has been seen as a man’s world, with flight decks, control towers, and aircraft hangars largely occupied by men. But that image is changing, as Kenyan schoolgirls boldly step into flight decks and embrace careers once deemed off-limits.

At the forefront of this transformation is Moi Forces Girls Academy Lanet in Nakuru, which has become one of the first public girls’ schools to introduce aviation as an examinable subject under the Competency-Based Education (CBE).