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Commrade Jemma Nunu Kumba was appointed
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On 23 July 2021 Hon. Jemma was nominated by the SPLM Leaderships as SPLM Candidate for the position of
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In June 2010, she was appointed as GOSS Minister of
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She is married to Festo Kumba, the former minister of Animal
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in the position of deputy secretary general of SPLM. Kumba was sworn in on 13 November 2015.
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