Julius Lekakeny Sunkuli

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Julius Lekakeny Sunkuli is a Kenyan politician. He previously represented the Kilgoris Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in between 1997-2002. He also served as Minister in the Kenyan Government and was recently Kenya's envoy to China, prior to resigning to the Narok County senator’s seat in the upcoming general election[1]

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 .[2][3] Sunkuli is alleged to have offered money for an abortion, but the girl, a fourteen year old named Florence, decided to keep her baby.[4] A catholic priest John Anthony Kaiser put the girls in touch with the Kenyan Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA-Kenya.[5] The attorneys submitted the evidence to the government,[6] but Sunkuli was never charged.[7] Instead, police stormed the building where the girls were hiding.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000065406&pageNo=2
  2. ↑ "The Final FBI Report on the Death of Father John Kaiser". The East African. May 7, 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-07-02. Retrieved 2006-09-08. 
  3. ↑ "Sunkuli defended by wife". The Nation (Kenya). September 18, 2000. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harding, Andrew (February 23, 2001). "Death of a Priest". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-07-02. 
  5. ↑ Mahoney, Carolita (September 10, 2000). "Letter to friends". Retrieved 2006-08-11. 
  6. ↑ 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. 
  7. ↑ Thuku, Wahome (September 19, 2000). "Sunkuli Case Goes to CJ". The Nation (Kenya). 
Members of the 11th parliament of Kenya
Current members of the National Assembly of Kenya
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