Mark Kemakeza

Mark Roboliu Kemakeza (born December 31, 1960) is a former member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands.

[1] 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.

[4][5] In February 2012, he was convicted, by the Honiara Central Magistrates Court, on a charge of misappropriating government funds.

[6] 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.