James Bambay Kamara

James Bambay Kamara (died 1992) served as Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police Force from 1987 until 1992.

Early life and education He was an ethnic Limba.

Career Bambay Kamara became Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police in 1987.

1987 Treason Trial In 1987 Bambay Kamara fell out with Vice President Francis Minah over politics.

Execution Former Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Dr. Abdul Karim Koroma named Bambay Kamara's executioners in his book. Also executed with him on that day was Colonel James Yayah Kanu,

Legacy His son Julius is the leader of the 29 Memorial Foundation For Justice and Development, an organization which advocates for accountability for the extrajudicial executions that took place on 12 December 1992.

In 2015, the organization sent an open letter to President Ernest Bai Koroma calling for a formal apology for the execution of Inspector General Bambay Kamara which stated that they held the former head of state Captain Valentine Strasser personally responsible as he was Chairman of NPRC and Head of State at the time.

The organization expressed admiration for Brig. (Rtd.) Julius Maada Bio who had taken collective responsibility for the execution of Bambay Kamara.