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Misery of broken families as evicted Maasai take cover

Juma ole Sampuerrap, a nurse at Enkitoria dispensary in Narok, attends to Pantalal Parmuat, 38, who was shot during the evictions. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard]

When Pantalal Parmuat left Tanzania in June, he did not know where his family was. He escaped to Kenya wrapped in a shuka after being shot on the leg by security officers.

Parmuat is among scores of Maasais from Loliondo in Tanzania who fled to Kenya with gunshot injuries after a scuffle ensued between security officers and members of the community.

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