Sunkari Kabba-Kamara
Mayor of Makeni
In office
2012–present
Personal details
Born (1969-05-29) May 29, 1969
Bombali District, Sierra Leone
Political partyAll People's Congress (APC)
Residence(s)Makeni, Sierra Leone

Sunkari Kabba-Kamara (born May 29, 1969)[1] is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current mayor of the city of Makeni.[2]

Political career

In surprising fashion, she defeated the incumbent Mayor of Makeni, Moses Musa Sesay, in a landslide victory in the APC primary election held on September 2, 2012 in Makeni.[3]

She was victorious, winning 86.95% of the vote over her main opponent, Abu A. Koroma, of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) in the 2012 Makeni Mayoral election.[2]

Personal life

Sunkari Kabba-Kamara is a native of Bombali District in Northern Sierra Leone, and a member of the Mandingo ethnic group.

References

  1. http://www.nec-sierraleone.org/index_files/List%20of%20Local%20Council%20Nominated%20Candidates%202012.pdf
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2013-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Makeni Mayor loses out". Awoko Newspaper.
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