Esther Adongo Arunga, also known as Esther Timberlake, is a barrister
and solicitor and former television and radio presenter from Kenya,
now resident in Australia. She is married to Quincy Timberlake and is
a co-founder with him of the PlaCenta Party (Platinum Centralizer and
Unionist Party of Kenya).Esther Arunga has a twin brother and six
other siblings. She was raised Seventh-day Adventist. She was educated
at Kenya High School, earned Bachelor's degrees in communication and
law from the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, returned to
Kenya for a one-year degree course at the Kenya School of Law and was
admitted to the bar in Nairobi in 2009.She worked as an announcer and
journalist at 98.4 Capital FM in Nairobi and for the Kenya Television
Network. She won the 2008 CHAT Award for best Teen TV
Anchor/Presenter.In 2009 Arunga joined the Finger of God Church
started by Joseph Hellon, a distant relative. She became engaged to
Wilson Malaba, an elder of the church, but in early 2010 called off
the engagement and moved out of her parents' house to live in a
church-owned mansion with Hellon and a number of other church members.
She has since said that her parents wanted to marry her to a
politician in the government. That February, she, Hellon, and Quincy
Timberlake announced the formation of the PlaCenta Party (Platinum
Centralizer and Unionist Party) of Kenya and Hellon's candidacy for
the presidency and Arunga's for the seat of Karachuonyo Constituency
and the deputy presidency. Arunga resigned from her job as a news
anchor at Kenya Television Network the same day. That night, a number
of people associated with the church, including Arunga and Hellon,
were arrested and charged with running an unregistered association,
although the church had been registered five years before. Computers
and laptops were destroyed, documents confiscated and vehicles
impounded. She and Timberlake both say they were isolated and
tortured. She announced lawsuits against her parents, a psychiatrist,
the Attorney General and the Kenya Police for wrongful imprisonment
and torture. Arunga was released after two days and on 3 March 2010
married Quincy Timberlake while he was still in custody; however, she
has since stated that Hellon performed the ceremony at another time.
and solicitor and former television and radio presenter from Kenya,
now resident in Australia. She is married to Quincy Timberlake and is
a co-founder with him of the PlaCenta Party (Platinum Centralizer and
Unionist Party of Kenya).Esther Arunga has a twin brother and six
other siblings. She was raised Seventh-day Adventist. She was educated
at Kenya High School, earned Bachelor's degrees in communication and
law from the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, returned to
Kenya for a one-year degree course at the Kenya School of Law and was
admitted to the bar in Nairobi in 2009.She worked as an announcer and
journalist at 98.4 Capital FM in Nairobi and for the Kenya Television
Network. She won the 2008 CHAT Award for best Teen TV
Anchor/Presenter.In 2009 Arunga joined the Finger of God Church
started by Joseph Hellon, a distant relative. She became engaged to
Wilson Malaba, an elder of the church, but in early 2010 called off
the engagement and moved out of her parents' house to live in a
church-owned mansion with Hellon and a number of other church members.
She has since said that her parents wanted to marry her to a
politician in the government. That February, she, Hellon, and Quincy
Timberlake announced the formation of the PlaCenta Party (Platinum
Centralizer and Unionist Party) of Kenya and Hellon's candidacy for
the presidency and Arunga's for the seat of Karachuonyo Constituency
and the deputy presidency. Arunga resigned from her job as a news
anchor at Kenya Television Network the same day. That night, a number
of people associated with the church, including Arunga and Hellon,
were arrested and charged with running an unregistered association,
although the church had been registered five years before. Computers
and laptops were destroyed, documents confiscated and vehicles
impounded. She and Timberlake both say they were isolated and
tortured. She announced lawsuits against her parents, a psychiatrist,
the Attorney General and the Kenya Police for wrongful imprisonment
and torture. Arunga was released after two days and on 3 March 2010
married Quincy Timberlake while he was still in custody; however, she
has since stated that Hellon performed the ceremony at another time.
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