Suspend Standing Orders: That Standing Orders 24 and 27 of the National Assembly of Zambia Standing Orders, 2024, be suspended to enable the House to sit from 09:00 to 13:00 hours on Wednesday, 23rd October, 2024. 

 

 

 

Minister of Energy – On the erratic fuel supply being experienced in the country.

 

 

46. Mr Sing’ombe (Dundumwezi) - to ask the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprise Development:

 

(a) how many markeeters applied for booster loans under the Marketeer Booster Loan Programme, countrywide, in 2022 and 2023, year by year; and

 

(b) of the applicants above, how many benefited from the Programme in Dundumwezi Parliamentary Constituency.

 

47. Ms Nyirenda (Lundazi) - to ask the Minister of Education:

 

(a) when construction of a secondary school, funded by the World Bank in Nyangwe area in Lundazi District, will commence;

 

(b) what the cause of the delay in commencing the project is; and

 

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

 

48. Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Health:

 

(a) what the prevalence rate of prostate cancer in the country was, as of April, 2024;

 

(b) what the most affected age group was; and

 

(c) what measures are being taken to enhance prostate cancer awareness, countrywide.

 

49. Mr Simuzingili (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Education:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to rehabilitate Chipepo Boarding Secondary School in Gwembe District, which is in a dilapidated state;

 

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

 

(c) what the cost of the exercise is;

 

(d) what the time frame for undertaking the exercise is; and

 

(e) if there are no such plans, why.

 

50. Mr Emmanuel Tembo (Feira) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture:

 

(a) whether the Government is aware of the stalled irrigation project under the Strengthening Climate Resilience of Agriculture Livelihood in Agro-Ecological Regions (SCRALA) in Katondwe Ward in Feira Parliamentary Constituency;

 

(b) if so, what measures the Government is taking to complete the project;

 

(c) what the estimated cost of completion of the project is; and

 

(d) when the project will be completed.

 

51. Mr Menyani Zulu (Nyimba) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to rehabilitate staff houses at Nyimba Police Camp in Nyimba District;

 

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

 

(c) if there are no such plans, why.

 

52. Ms Nakaponda (Isoka) - to ask the Minister of Commerce Commerce, Trade and Industry:

 

(a) what the ownership structure of Mulungushi Textiles in Kabwe District is;

 

(b) what the major challenges that hamper the company’s operations are; and

 

(c) when the company will resume its operations.