Murule
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Murule, are Somali people with origins from a branch of Hawiye clan of the larger Somalia, living at the tip of the Kenya's North Eastern province, bordering Ethiopia and Somalia. They also live Gedo and Jubba regions of Somalia.
Murule come from the larger Gugundhabe sub-clan of the Hawiyes of Somalia. Gugundhabe is composed of Murule, Baadicadde and Jajeele and live in the larger Hiiraan region of Somalia. Other sons of Gugundhabe are Jiidle, Jidible, Jiryar, Jilideen.
Murule's history in Kenya dates back close to 120 years after they shifted with their enormous livestock from Somalia and settled in the tip of Kenya, Mandera Region in or around 1895.
Among notable Murule people in Kenya are the Assistant Minister of Local Government for Urban Authorities, Hon. Shaaban Ali Issack, Mandera East MP.
[edit] References
- Jack L. Davies, Appendix 4: The Somali Ethnic Group and Clan System, "Reunification of the Somali People" (1994), Civic Webs Virtual Library
- Orville Jenkins, The Somali of Kenya, 1996
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