The Minister of Green Economy and Environment  -  On the 2025/2026 Rainy Season forecast.

 

 

 

26. Dr Andeleki (Katombola)  -  to ask the Minister of Education:

 

(a) when the newly introduced secondary school curriculum for forms 1 to 4 will be circulated to all the schools, countrywide;

 

(b) how many secondary schools in Kazungula District are ready to implement the new curriculum by January, 2026;

 

(c) what the names of the schools at (b) are;

 

(d) whether there are any challenges envisaged to affect the implementation of the new curriculum;

 

(e) if so, what the challenges are; and

 

(f) what the proposed solutions to the challenges, are.

 

27. Mr J Chibuye (Roan)  -  to ask the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security:

 

(a) how many cases of rape and defilement were recorded by the Zambia Police Service, countrywide, from January, 2021 to July, 2025, year by year;

 

(b) of the cases above, how many convictions were secured;

 

(c) what the most affected age group of victims was; and

 

(d) what measures are being taken to address the prevalence of sexual offences in the country.

 

 

28. Mr E Tembo (Feira)  -  to ask the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security when the Government will decentralise the issuance of passports to the district level.

 

29. Mr Chanda (Kanchibiya)  -  to ask the Minister of Education:

 

(a) when the teachers, who have been in acting positions for over a year in Kanchibiya District, will be confirmed;

 

(b) what the cause of the delay in confirming the teachers is;

 

(c) what measures are being taken to ensure that teachers, who are in acting positions, are given letters of appointment on time; and

 

(d) when teachers in the District will start receiving their rural and remote hardship allowances. 

 

 

 

Adopt Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee:  That this House adopts the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to scrutinise the Presidential Appointment of Dr Pamela Sambo, Dr Felicity Kalunga, Bishop Emmanuel Yona Chikoya, Ms Panic Malawo Chilufya, Ms Laura Mary Miti, and Fr Joseph Komakoma to serve as Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Commissioners of the Human Rights Commission Board respectively, for the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 30th September, 2025.