The Chairperson of IEBC is a Law Graduate of University of Nairobi. He has been practicing Law in Nairobi since 1995. Mr. Ahmed is also a Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPSK). Mr. Ahmed served as a Commissioner in the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC) from 2000 to 2005. In May 2006, he was appointed by the United Nations political office for Somalia (UNPOS) as a legal consultant in the training of Somali Parliamentarians on Constitutionalism and Federalism in Baidoa, Somalia. In June 2006, he was appointed by the President to the Kiruki Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the activities of Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan. He also served as a legal consultant for UNDP – Somalia for the Somalia Constitution Making Project between June to December 2008. He also served on the Board of Directors of Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) between December 2007 to March 2009.