Mark Roboliu Kemakeza (born December 31, 1960) is a former member of the

National Parliament of the Solomon Islands The National Parliament of the Solomon Islands is the legislature of the Solomon Islands. Its 50 members are elected for a four-year term in 50 single-seat constituencies.

. He represented Ngella constituency (Central Province). He is from

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, which is in the Central Province. In August 2010, newly elected Prime Minister

Danny Philip Danny Philip (born 5 August 1953) is a politician and diplomat from the Solomon Islands. He was the prime minister of Solomon Islands from 2010 to 2011. Previously he served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and from July 2000 ...

appointed him Minister of Mines and Energy. In April 2011, he was sacked as he faced charges for corruption and abuse of office, accused of having "misappropriated $764,000 of public funds allocated for fishing projects in his constituency". His sacking coincided with several members of the Opposition joining the government, and he was replaced as Minister for Mines and Energy by

Moses Garu Moses Garu (born December 1, 1969-February 10, 2025)Official biography
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. He remained a government

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until November 2011, when he joined a mass defection to the opposition, bringing down Philip's government. In February 2012, he was convicted, by the Honiara Central Magistrates Court, on a charge of misappropriating government funds. He received a fourteen-month gaol sentence, with magistrate Shafi Khan describing him as "very selfish" in addition to having committed a breach of trust. He thereby lost his seat in Parliament.

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was elected to replace him as MP for Ngella."Solomon Islands Gela constituency has a new MP"
PINA, 4 March 2013

References

External links

Member page at Parliament website
1947 births Living people Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands People from the Central Province (Solomon Islands) {{Solomons-politician-stub