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    "id": 48983,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/48983/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "that these 20 people were massacred by members of the Merille Community from Ethiopia because they had crossed the border into Ethiopia to go and look for food on the other side of the border. I did have the privilege of visiting this county over the weekend in the company of my good neighbour and friend, Mr. Ekwee Ethuro. We did tour the entire county beginning with Kainuk. We went to Kabulokor, Lokitaung, Lokichoggio and finally came to Lodwar. The account we got on the ground was that there were no 20 people killed, but they were over 40 people who were killed. When you talk of over 40 Kenyans being killed; these are not ordinary killings. This was a massacre. They were forced by hunger to cross into Ethiopia because the price of millet on the other side of the border is five times cheaper than the price of millet in Kenya. Those we interviewed who were relatives of the victims, particularly one lady known as Lopeyok gave an account of how her people went and were killed by the Merille on the other side of the border. She did indicate that a kilogramme of millet on the other side is about Kshs10 while on this side of the border it is about Kshs50. So, it was not out of choice that we had our fellow Kenyans crossing into Ethiopia. It was because of hunger and starvation. They were forced out of their homes. Men and women were forced to walk long distances in search of food. On their way back, because of the clash that had taken place earlier, the Merille of Ethiopia got word that some of their tribesmen had been killed. They turned on those that they were escorting; those that they had done barter trade with and sold millet to and butchered them. They killed them."
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