Sunkari Kabba-Kamara
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Sunkarie Kabba-Kamara | |
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| Mayor of Makeni | |
| In office December 22, 2012 – June 24, 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 29, 1969 Makeni, Sierra Leone |
| Political party | All People's Congress (APC) |
| Residence(s) | Makeni, Sierra Leone |
Sunkari Kabba-Kamara (born May 29, 1969) is a Sierra Leonean politician. She served as mayor of the city of Makeni until June 2023.[1] Abubakarr Kamara, widely recognized as Lamtales, assumed office as the current mayor of the Makeni City Council following the tenure of his predecessor (Sunkari Kabba Kamara). His victory in the mayoral election on June 24th, 2024, with a percentage of 93.38% saw him triumph over his contender, Kamara Amadu, securing his position as the political head of Makeni City Council.
Sunkari Kabba Kamara is a member of the opposition 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.[2]
She won the 2012 mayoral election with 86.95%, over her main opponent Abu A Koroma of the Sierra Leone People's Party,[3] 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[1].
Personal life
[edit]Kabba-Kamara is a native of Bombali District in Northern Sierra Leone, and a member of the Mandingo ethnic group.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex-military officer, born from a family of 30, elected Mayor of Makeni". Awoko News. 7 June 2023.
- ^ "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
[edit]- ""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.