Suspend Standing Orders: That Standing Orders 24, 27 and 87 of the National Assembly of Zambia Standing Orders, 2024, be suspended to enable the House to sit up to 20:30 hours on Thursday, 26th September, 2024 and further, to enable the House to sit from 14:15 hours until Business has been concluded, and to omit the Vice President’s Question Time from the Order Paper on Friday, 27th September, 2024.

 

 

 

18. Ms S Mwamba (Kasama Central) - to ask the Minister of Energy:

 

(a) what the progress on the rehabilitation works on the Chishimba Falls Hydroelectric Power Station in Kasama District was, as of March, 2024;

 

(b) whether the loan agreement signed between ZESCO Ltd and Development Bank of Germany (KFW) in 2016, was still subsisting as of March, 2024;

 

(c) how much power the plant was generating as of March, 2024;

 

(d) who the contractor for the project is; and

 

(e) what the estimated time frame for the completion of the project is.

 

19. Mr Hamwaata (Pemba) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture:

 

(a) what measures the Government is taking to promote irrigation schemes, countrywide;

 

(b) whether the Government has any plans to create a national irrigation agency;

 

(c) if so, when the plans will be implemented; and

 

(d) if there are no such plans, why. 

 

 

 

Establish a Poverty Datum Line:  That, in order to ascertain the standards of living in the country, this House urges the Government to establish a poverty datum line.

 

 

Thanks – The President’s Address - Motion (17th September) - Resumption of Debate.