Kgosi Oganne Polson of Matshelagabedi village says government should consider buying some of the privately owned farms surrounding the village to alleviate issues of shortage of land. Speaking during a kgotla meeting addressed by their Member of Parliament, Dr. Douglas Letsholathebe, he said there is a serious shortage of land and therefore it takes a long time for people to be allocated plots for different purposes which leads to a slow pace of developments in the village. Kgosi Polson noted that the village is surrounded mostly by farms on the East while on the West lies the City of Francistown while on other sides there are mines leading to acute shortage of land for tribal, grazing and other purposes. He said although there are farms around, some of them are not operational and owners do not even stay there while other owners have long died. Therefore the empty farms have been turned into a hub for criminal activities. In the same meeting Kgosi Polson lamented to the Member of Parliament about shortage of police officers in the village, saying the matter has led to the escalation of crime related activities. He said all the eight officers have been transferred leaving…