Julius Lekakeny Sunkuli

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,[1] prior to resigning to the Narok County senator’s seat in the 2013 general election[2]

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. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000065406&pageNo=2
  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. 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.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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