The Minister of Technology and Science – On the installation of communication towers across the country, as well as prospects of customers roaming from one network to another.

 

 

70. Ms Halwiindi (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to re-open the Kabwe Zinc Mine in Kabwe District, which was closed in 1994;

 

(b) if so, when the Mine will be re-opened; and 

 

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

 

71. Mr S Banda (Petauke Central) - to ask the Minister of Education:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to promote teachers who have upgraded their professional qualifications;

 

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

 

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

 

72. Mr Munsanje (Mbabala) - to ask the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock:

 

(a) what the cattle population in the following chiefdoms in Mbabala Parliamentary Constituency was, as of July, 2025:

 

(i) Macha Chiefdom; and 

 

(ii) Mapanza Chiefdom;

 

(b) what measures are being taken to control animal diseases in the Chiefdoms above;

 

(c) how many veterinary officers there were in the Constituency, as of June, 2025; and

 

(d) what the recommended ratio of the veterinary officer to the number of cattle in a constituency is.

 

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

 

(a) what the major causes of infant mortality in Zambia, are; and

 

(b) what measures are being taken to reduce the mortality rate.

 

 

W1. Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

 

(a) how much revenue the Government earned from copper production in Zambia, from 2016 to 2024, year by year; and

 

(b) what measures are being taken to improve copper earnings in the country.

 

 

 

Adopt Report of the Committee on Youth, Sport and Child Matters:  That this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Youth, Sport and Child Matters on the Accession of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, for the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 11th November, 2025.

 

 

(i) The Small Claims Court (Amendment) Bill                                                        (N.A.B 16/2025)

                                                                                                                               Committee Stage

 

(ii) Supply - Motion (4th November) - Resumption of Debate: (Mr Ngowani, MP).