Mohammed Hussein Ali

Mohammed Hussein Ali
Born	Eldoret, Kenya
Allegiance	Kenya
Service/branch	Kenya Police
Years of service	1977–2009
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Police Commissioner
Other work	Chief Executive Postal Corporation of Kenya

Major General Mohammed Hussein Ali (Somali: Maxamed Xuuseeyn Cali) (born 1956 in Eldoret) is a Kenyan military commander. He was formerly Commissioner of the Kenya Police. He is currently Chief Executive of the Postal Corporation of Kenya. He is of Somali ethnicity.

Ali was born in 1956 in Eldoret, Kenya. His family belongs to the Sheekhaal, an ethnic Somali clan.

Ali went to Uasin Gishu School and then to Kolanya Boys High School in Busia District. He dropped out of high school after the death of his father to take care of his four younger siblings.

In 1977, Ali joined the Kenyan Army. He was eventually promoted to Brigadier in 2003 and to Major General in 2005. During his military career, he served as a military attaché in Zimbabwe and Uganda, and was commanding officer of the Western Brigade of the Kenya Army Paratrooper Battalion, as well as the Air Cavalry regiment in Embakasi. He is also a former chairman of the Ulinzi Stars football club.

Ali was appointed to the position of Commissioner of the Kenya Police in 2004 by the former President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, while then holding the rank of Brigadier in the Kenya Army. Ali was the first Police Commander to assume office from a post outside the police force.

Ali's first significant act upon his appointment was to disband the then feared Kenya Police Reserve, and to draft new recruitment procedures. He also authorised a mass clear-out of the police's hierarchy in a move to reform the force, which had long had a poor reputation and faced accusations of corruption and criminal involvement. The reform constituted the largest shake up of the police since independence.

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