416. Mr Emmanuel Banda (Muchinga)  -  to ask the Minister of Transport and Logistics:

 

(a) whether the Government is aware that truck drivers at Kasumbalesa and Nakonde Border Posts are being exposed to high levels of radiation due to the requirement that drivers pass through the scanning machine with their cargo; and

 

(b) if so, what urgent measures are being taken to safe guard the health of the drivers and prevent cancerous diseases.

 

 

 

417. Ms Halwiindi (Kabwe Central)  -  to ask the Minister of Water Development and Sanitation:

 

(a) whether the Government is aware that 10 dams were breached and more than 27 others were reported to be at high risk of failing in Southern Province during the 2022/2023 rainy season; and 

 

(b) if so, what measures are being taken to rehabilitate the breached dams before the onset of the next rainy season.

 

418. Mr Mtayachalo (Chama North)  -  to ask the Minister of Agriculture:

 

(a) whether the Government is aware that private companies in Chama North Parliamentary Constituency and other parts of the country, are buying cotton from farmers at a low price of K6 per Kilogram as compared to the K15 per kilogram market price in the 2022 marketing season; and 

 

(b) if so, what measures are being taken to avert further exploitation 

of the cotton farmers by the private buyers.

 

 

 

Re-Introduce the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs:  That this House urges the Government to re-introduce the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs.

 

Adopt Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee:  That this House adopts the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to consider the petition by Mr Andrew Sindazi on the Absence of Mr Nickson Chilangwa, Member of Parliament for Kawambwa Constituency from the Sittings of the Assembly, for the Second Session of the Thirteenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on Monday, 24th July, 2023.

 

Adopt Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee: That this House do adopt the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to consider the 2022 Annual Progress Report on the Implementation of the Eighth National Development Plan for the period 2022 - 2026, for the Second Session of the Thirteenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 19th July, 2023.

 

 

 

1. The Human Rights Commission Bill                                         (N.A.B 8/2023)

                                                                                                      Third Reading

 

2. The Zambia Institute of Valuation Surveyors Bill                      (N.A.B 9/2023)

                                                                                                      Third Reading

 

3. Report of the Committee on Parastatal Bodies – Motion (25th July) - Resumption of Debate:  (Mr Kambita, MP)