Julius Lekakeny Sunkuli is a Kenyan politician. He is currently a member of parliament in the National Assembly Representing Kilgoris constituency having been elected back on 8th august 2022. He previously represented the Kilgoris Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in between 1997 and 2002. He also served as Minister in the Kenyan Government and was recently Kenya's envoy to China,[1] prior to resigning to the Narok County senator's seat in the 2013 general election[2]

In August 2022, the former internal security minister Julius Sunkuli has made a comeback to elective politics as Kilgoris MP-elect after 20 years outside Parliament.

Rape Allegations

In 1999, two schoolgirls claimed they had been raped by Mr Sunkuli, who was then a cabinet minister in the government of Daniel Arap Moi .[3][4] Sunkuli is alleged to have offered money for an abortion, but the girl, a fourteen-year-old named Florence, decided to keep her baby.[5] A catholic priest John Anthony Kaiser put the girls in touch with the Kenyan Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA-Kenya.[6] The attorneys submitted the evidence to the government,[7] but Sunkuli was never charged.[8] Instead, police stormed the building where the girls were hiding.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Kenya's envoy to China
  2. ↑ "The Standard - Breaking News, Kenya News, World News and Videos".
  3. ↑ "The Final". Archived from the original on 2002-07-02. Retrieved 2006-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Sunkuli defended by wife". The Nation (Kenya). September 18, 2000.
  5. 1 2 Harding, Andrew (February 23, 2001). "Death of a Priest". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-07-02.
  6. ↑ Mahoney, Carolita (September 10, 2000). "Letter to friends". Retrieved 2006-08-11.
  7. ↑ Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (February 23, 2001). "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Kenya, 2000". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2006-11-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Thuku, Wahome (September 19, 2000). "Sunkuli Case Goes to CJ". The Nation (Kenya).


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