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    "content": "cattle rustling and all manner of things, including anti-corruption issues. All of those issues coalesce around security. That is part of the reason why this Committee is overloaded with work. I sympathise with its membership. I am happy that the Committee has actually formed sub- committees of itself. It is the Committee that receives the biggest number of Questions. This afternoon, there were only four Questions that were asked. If you check on the Order Paper, you will find that three of them were directed to this Committee because they are all related to security. Even some of the Statement requests which were sought, again, fall in this docket. So, it is not something that the Committee just found itself dealing with today. It is something that is historical. When we used to have Ministers in this House, the Minister for the Interior used to be the busiest. When the current Deputy President was an Assistant Minister in that docket, he was literally here every day. Ministers from time to time changed. Hon. ole Sunkuli and Hon. Marsden Madoka would always be here. That docket attracts a lot of Questions because of the way we do things in this country. It deals with Questions on security, administration and other related incidents that happen across the country. So, I would not want to fault the membership of this Committee because the Committee has a lot of work, particular Questions, Statement requests and Petitions. A while ago, on the Statement sought by Hon. Osotsi, Hon. Kaluma suggested that it should be handled jointly. Maybe, Hon. Barasa was going to be a Member. You would have joined him. Hon. Barasa, I want to encourage you to continue being an active Member of that Committee. It is just that that Committee is quite busy, given the nature of the issues happening across the country. Let us rest this matter at this point. Let us allow Hon. Waluke to bring the document he has promised when the House resumes on 29th. Hon. Katoo ole Metito, you are hereby, given a chance."
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