Sunkarie Kabba-Kamara | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Makeni | |
| In office December 22, 2012 – present | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 29, 1969 Makeni, Sierra Leone |
| Political party | All People's Congress (APC) |
| Residence(s) | Makeni, Sierra Leone |
Sunkarie Kabba-Kamara (born May 29, 1969) is a Sierra Leonean politician and the current mayor of the city of Makeni. She is currently the only female mayor in Sierra Leone's six City Council municipalities. She is a member of the ruling All People's Congress (APC) political party.
She surprisingly defeated the incumbent mayor of Makeni Moses Musa Sesay in a landslide in the APC primary election held on September 2, 2012, in Makeni.[1]
She won the 2012 mayoral election with 86.95%, over her main opponent Abu A Koroma of the Sierra Leone People's Party,[2] and was sworn in as mayor on December 22, 2012. Her inauguration ceremony was attended by many senior members of the APC party, including Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma.
Sunkari Kabba-Kamara is a native of Bombali District in Northern Sierra Leone, and a member of the Mandingo ethnic group.
References
- ↑ "Makeni Mayor loses out". Awoko. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Final Election Results" (PDF). National Electoral Commission. November 28, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013 – via Stanford University Libraries.
External links
- ""I will change Makeni City"". Awoko. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
- Aruna Turay (September 4, 2012). "A Tale of Two Sierra Leone Women in Politics: Navo & Sunkari". Awareness Times. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017.