UCaptain Irene Koki Mutungi, owaziwa nangokuthi uKoki Mutungi, ungumshayeli wendiza osezingeni eliphezulu eKenya, umnotho omkhulu kunayo yonke eMphakathini wase-East Africa. Ubengowesifazane wokuqala ezwenikazi lase-Afrika ukundiza iBoeing 787 Dreamliner. Usebenzela iKenya Airways, inkampani ephethe izwe laseKenya

Wazalwa ngo-1976 kubazali baseKenya. Uyise wayengumshayeli wezindiza eKenya Airways. Usethathe umhlalaphansi futhi ungumxhumanisi wezindiza. UKoki ufunda eMoi Girls School eNairobi. Ngemuva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme ngo-1992, eneminyaka engu-17, wabhalisa eNairobi Flight School eWilson Airport, lapho athola khona ilayisense yakhe yangasese yokushayela. Uqhubekele phambili nokuqeqeshelwa ukuba ngumshayeli wezindiza e-Oklahoma City e-United States, lapho athola khona ilayisense yokushayela indiza, eyakhishwa yi-Federal Aviation Administration.

Ubuyele eKenya ngo-1995, waqashwa yiKenya Airways, lapho ahlala khona yedwa umshayeli wesifazane iminyaka eyisithupha. Ngo-2004, waba ngowesifazane wokuqala wase-Afrika ogunyazwe ukundiza indiza yezentengiselwano, lapho eqinisekiswa ukuba ngumshayeli wamabhanoyi weBoeing 7374. Kamuva waqinisekiswa ukuthi uzoshayela iBoeing 767.

Wabe eselandela inkambo yokuzivumelanisa nezimo eyamvumela ukuthi enze ushintsho kumphathi weBoeing 787 Dreamliner. IKenya Airways selokhu yamkhuphula esikhundleni sokuba yi-Commander we-B787, nokumenza abe ngowesifazane wokuqala wase-Afrika ukuphatha le ndima emhlabeni.

Umdlandla wakhe wokuba ngumshayeli wezindiza wakhiwa ngesikhathi esemncane, ebuka ubaba wakhe, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumshayeli wezindiza eKenya Airways. UMkhuzi Mutungi, onendodana, owazalwa ngo-2006, uyakuthokozela ukundiza nokuxhasa abanye abantu, ikakhulukazi abashayeli bezindiza besifazane. NgoSepthemba 2014, uMutungi wayengomunye wabashayeli besifazane abangama-39 beKenya Airways, kwabangu-530 sebebonke, futhi wayengukaputeni emzileni waseNairobi-Paris owawusebenza ngo-B7878. Ucabanga ukudala inkampani yakhe yezindiza, lapho uhhafu wabashayeli bezindiza kungabesifazane.