{"id":172739,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/172739/?format=json","text_counter":376,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ojode","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security","speaker":{"id":197,"legal_name":"Joshua Orwa Ojode","slug":"joshua-ojode"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a big problem that we are having in the country. If there is any way we can know the root causes of this problem, I would be glad to have the committee constituted. However, I want to give some statistics that were collected from February to August last year. Before I give the statistics, I am a worried man because if you look at the names of my colleagues who want to investigate this matter, you will see that quite a number of them come from cattle-rustling areas. Therefore, it will not be rightful for this committee to give a permanent solution to this problem. I believe those people whose names are included here will be called as witness and will also be asked to advise the committee on what to do. In that light, I think we should reduce the number of members of this committee. We should replace some of the names here with Members who do not hail from areas prevalent with cattle-rustling."}