The National Payment System - Bill to provide for licencing, designation and authorisation of payment service providers; provide for the incorporation of standards, principles and concepts of corporate governance in institutional systems and structures of payment service providers; provide for sound business practices, consumer protection mechanisms and market conduct in the provision of payment services; provide for the regulation and operation of the payment system, clearing systems and settlement systems for purposes of promoting efficiency, stability and safety of the National Payment System; provide for corporate restructuring transactions involving payment service providers for purposes of ensuring the operational continuity of the payment system; provide for rules, procedures and supervisory action for payment service providers on winding up, insolvency or receivership; repeal and replace the National Payment Systems Act, Cap. 359; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (N.A.B 32/2025)

 

 

 

81 Mr Mtayachalo (Chama North) - to ask the Vice-President:

 

(a) whether the Government is aware of the critical shortage of water and the hunger situation in some areas of Chama North Parliamentary Constituency, following the droughts experienced during the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 Rainy Seasons; and

 

(b) if so, what urgent measures are being taken to avert an 

outbreak of waterborne diseases and loss of life due to hunger.

 

 

 

 

82 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture:

 

(a) how many students graduated from various public training institutions of agriculture, countrywide, from 2021 to 2024, year by year; and

 

(b) how many graduates at (a) were employed by the Government during the same period, year by year.

 

 

83 Mr E Tembo (Feira) - to ask the Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to upgrade the Great East Road between Lusaka and Chipata Districts, to a dual carriageway;

 

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

 

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

 

 

84 Mr Munsanje (Mbabala) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to construct modern markets in the following areas in Mbabala Parliamentary Constituency:

 

(i) Mbabala Township;

(ii) Muyobe Turn-Off;

(iii) Macha; 

(iv) Simaubi;

(v) Mang’unza; and 

(vi) Silukwiya; and 

 

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

 

 

85 Mr Simunji (Nalikwanda) - to ask the Minister of Education:

 

(a) what the staff establishment for teachers countrywide was, in the following years:

 

(i) 2011;

(ii) 2015;

(iii) 2021; and

(iv) 2025;

 

(b) what the number of teachers available in each year was; 

 

(c) what the deficit in each year was; 

 

(d) what the major cause of the deficit was; and

 

(e) to what extent the deficit has affected the quality of education in the country.

 

 

86 Mr E Tembo (Feira) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to increase the number of beneficiaries under the Farmer Input Support Programme in Luangwa District, from the 500 in the 2024/2025 Farming Season;

 

(b) if so, to what extent the number will be increased;

 

(c) when the plans will be implemented; and

 

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

 

 

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

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to maximise local financial resource mobilisation;

 

(b) if so, what the plans are;

 

(c) when the plans will be implemented; and

 

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

 

 

88 Mr Fube (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to reconstruct the Kanshishe - Mofu road, in Chilubi District; 

 

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

 

(c) what the estimated cost of the project is. 

 

 

89 Ms Mwamba (Kasama Central) - to ask the Minister of Transport and Logistics:

 

(a) how many railway related accidents occurred in Zambia from January, 2021 to August, 2025, year by year;

 

(b) what the primary cause of the accidents was;

 

(c) what measures the Government is taking to avoid the occurrence of railway accidents; 

 

(d) whether the Government has any plans to initiate a system of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of railway safety measures; and 

 

(e) if so, when the plans will be implemented.

 

 

90 Ms Nakaponda (Isoka) - to ask the Minister of Justice:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to construct local courts in the following areas in Isoka District:

 

(i) Kafwimbi;

(ii) Sansamwenje;

(iii) Kalungu;

(iv) Lualizi;

(v) Chaswata; and

(vi) Kanyala;

 

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

 

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

 

 

91 Mr Mabenga (Mulobezi) - to ask the Minister of Defence:

 

(a) whether the Government has any plans to re-open the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Camp in Mulobezi District, to enhance food production;

 

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

 

(c) if there are no such plans, why; and

 

(d) when the Government will commence the supply of ZNS mealie meal to Mulobezi District, in order to alleviate hunger in the area.

 

 

 

 

(i) The Zambia Institute of Procurement and Supply Bill                                               (N.A.B 11/2025)

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(ii) The Cotton Bill                                                                                                           (N.A.B 12/2025)

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