The Minister of Fisheries and Livestock – On the status of dip tanks in the 

country.

 

 

 

(i) The Minister of Finance and National Planning

 

The Income Tax (Amendment) – Bill to amend the Income Tax Act. (N.A.B 22/2024)

 

(ii) The Minister of Finance and National Planning 

 

The Value Added Tax (Amendment) – Bill to amend the Value Added Tax Act. (N.A.B 23/2024

 

(iii) The Minister of Finance and National Planning

 

The Customs and Excise (Amendment) – Bill to amend the Customs and Excise Act. (N.A.B 24/2024)

 

 

(iv) The Minister of Finance and National Planning

 

The Mobile Money Transaction Levy – Bill to provide for the administration of the Act; provide for maintenance of records of mobile money operations; provide for inspection of mobile money operations; repeal and replace the Mobile Money Transaction Levy Act, 2023; provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.  (N.A.B 25/2024)

 

 

(v) The Minister of Finance and National Planning

 

The Zambia Revenue Authority (Amendment) – Bill to amend the Zambia Revenue Authority Act. (N.A.B 26/2024)

 

 

(vi) The Minister of Finance and National Planning

 

The Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) – Bill to amend the Property Transfer Tax Act. (N.A.B 27/2024)

 

 

(vii) The Minister of Finance and National Planning

 

The Insurance Premium Levy (Amendment) – Bill to amend the Insurance Premium Levy Act, 2015. (N.A.B 28/2024)

 

 

 

65. Ms S Mwamba (Kasama Central) - to ask the Minister of Green Economy and Environment:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to sell staff houses for the Forestry Department in Kasama District to sitting tenants;

 

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

 

(c) what the cost of each house will be;

 

(d) if there are no such plans, whether the houses will be rehabilitated; and

 

(e) if so, when.

 

66. Mr C Mpundu (Chembe) - to ask the Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development:

 

(a) why the construction of Chembe Boarding Secondary School in Chembe District has not been completed; 

 

(b) what the cost of the outstanding works is; and

 

(c) what the time frame for the completion of the outstanding works is.

 

67. Mr Katakwe (Solwezi East)  -  to ask the Minister of Information and Media:

 

(a) how financially viable the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation is, in meeting its operational costs; and

 

(b) whether the K5.00 monthly TV Levy is sufficient to sustain its operations.

 

68. Mr Kasandwe (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

 

(a) how much foreign debt the Government owed, as of August, 2021;

 

(b) whether the Government has been servicing the debt; 

 

(c) if so, how much had been paid, as of March, 2024;

 

(d) how much foreign and domestic debt was contracted by the Government from August, 2021 to January, 2024;

 

(e) what major infrastructure projects were funded from the debt at (d); and

 

(f) if no infrastructure projects were undertaken, why.

 

69. Mr Sing’ombe (Dundumwezi) - to ask the Minister of Education how many classroom blocks were constructed in Dundumwezi Parliamentary Constituency in the following periods:

 

(a) 2011 to 2021; and

 

(b) 2022 to 2023.

 

70. Ms Nakaponda (Isoka) - to ask the Minister of Water Development and Sanitation:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to construct dams at the following places in Isoka District;

 

(i) along Kasimbi River; and

(ii) at Nansala Waterfalls;

 

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

 

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

 

71. Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock:

 

(a) how many veterinary laboratories were functional countrywide, as of July, 2024;

 

(b) whether there were any provinces without functional laboratories as of the date above;

 

(c) if so, why the laboratories were not functional; and 

 

(d) when the affected provinces will have functional laboratories. 

 

72. Mr Simbao (Luanshya)  -  to ask the Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development:

 

(a) why the construction of a staff house at Kapupulu Health Centre in Luanshya Parliamentary Constituency has stalled; 

 

(b) when the project will resume; and

 

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