Brigadier General (Rtd) Ahamed Mohammed holds a Master of Arts in Defence Studies from Kings College, University of London and a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Nairobi. He is a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management and his awards and decorations include the Elder of the Order of Burning Spears (E.B.S).

Brig Gen (Rtd) Mohammed has served in a variety of command and staff positions in his 37-year career in the Kenya Defence Forces. He has worked with the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the former Yugoslavia as a Deputy Senior military Observer; a military assistant to the Chief of the General Staff (Kenya Defence Forces); and as a Directing Staff – both at the Defence Staff College (Kenya) and at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, (JSCSC), Bracknell, and later Shrivenham, United Kingdom.

He was also a Defence Advisor, Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations in New York (2001–2004); Chief of Personnel, Kenya Army Headquarters in Kenya (2004); Commandant, International Peace Support Training Centre in Kenya (2005); Brigade Commander, Kenya Army Corp of Engineers in Kenya (2008–2010); and later as Chief of Operations, Training and Plans, Kenya Army Headquarters in Kenya; and as Commandant (CEO), Defence Forces Memorial Hospital, Nairobi (Kenya).

Between 2013 and 2016, Brig Gen (Rtd) Mohammed served as Chief of Staff, Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations Headquarters in New York, becoming first Kenyan and African to hold this position following a competitive international selection process. As Chief of Staff, he formed the Kenya-UN Club, bringing together all Kenyans working at the UN, serving as the Founder Chairman. He is currently the Director of Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) at the Kenya Defence Headquarters in Kenya.