He thereafter proceeded to the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and obtained his LLM with distinction.

He was subsequently awarded the British Chevening Scholarship to complete his PhD in Law in Development (1997-2000).

[2] Kunbour once worked as a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

Following a cabinet reshuffle in January 2011, Kunbour was appointed Minister for Interior by President Mills.

The National Democratic Congress won a total of 7 parliamentary seats in the Upper West Region in that elections.

[11] In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

[12][13] He was elected over Bapullu Debis Dery of the People's National Convention, Dery Ambrose P of the New Patriotic Party and Seidu Adama Billah of the Convention People's Party.