NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

SECOND SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 2013

AT 1430 HOURS
 

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

336    Mr Mtolo (Chipata Central) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to widen the Great East Road to reduce on road traffic accidents; and

(b)    if so, when the project will commence.

337    Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)    whether the Government is aware that the following vices are rampant among the teachers serving in Kalabo Parliamentary Constituency:

(i)    beer-drinking during working hours; and
(ii)    absenteeism; and

(b)    if the Government is aware, what measures have been taken to curb these vices.

338    Mr Mushanga (Bwacha) - to ask the Minister of Gender and Child Development:

(a)    how many street children there were country-wide as of September, 2012;

(b)    what the major causes of children being on the streets are;

(c)    how many street children were re-integrated with their families/relatives as of June, 2012; and

(d)    whether the Government has any empowerment programmes for households where the street children have been re-intergrated and, if so, what the  programmes are.

339    Mr Kapyanga (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to assist indigenous manufacturing companies such as the Kabwe Industrial Fabrics Company survive competition considering the high cost of raw materials; and

(b)    what measures the Government has taken to curb the importation of polythene bags, considering that they are locally manufactured.

340    Mr Chipungu (Rufunsa) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development what has caused the delay in connecting Rufunsa District to the national electricity grid.

341    Mr Bwalya (Lupososhi) - to ask the Vice President whether the Government has any plans to harmonise the ages at which a citizen is issued with a National Registration Card and their eligibility to vote in an election.

342    Mr Sichula (Nakonde) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education when Ntatumbila and Sham Basic Schools will be rehabilitated and upgraded to secondary schools.

343    Mr Mbewe (Chadiza) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development:

(a)    when the electrification of Zemba in Chadiza District will be completed;
        
(b)    what the total cost of the project is;

(c)    what has caused the delay in completing the project; and

(d)    who the contractors of the project are.

344    Mr Mushili Malama (Chitambo) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when the Police Post at Chitambo Mission in Serenje will be provided with the following:

(a)    staff houses;

(b)    holding cells; and

(c)    transport.

345    Mr Chansa (Chimbamilonga) - to ask the Minister of Finance when the Government will facilitate the establishment of banking facilities at Nsumbu Business Centre in Nsama District.

346    Mr Chansa (Chimbamilonga) - to ask the Minister of Justice:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to construct a new local court building at Nsumbu Business Centre in Nsama District considering that the existing one is dilapidated; and

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

347    Mr Simbao (Senga Hill) - to ask the Minister of Finance:

(a)    what developmental programmes the Government intends to put in place to improve facilities and services in the rural areas country-wide;

(b)    when the Government will begin implementing the programmes;

(c)    how much money is required to implement the programmes; and

(d)    how the Government will raise the money required to implement the programmes.

348    Mr Miyanda (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    how many rural health centres are earmarked for construction in the newly created Zimba District; and

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

349    Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    when the Kaleula Airstrip in Kaputa District was last inspected to determine its fitness for continued use;

(b)    when the Airstrip will be rehabilitated; and

(c)    whether the Government has any plans to ensure regular maintenance  of the Airstrip.

350    Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Minister of Tourism and Art:

(a)    why the Government has abdicated its responsibility of conservation of wildlife in Mweru-Wantipa and Nsumbu National Parks and left the task to be spearheaded by members of the Community Resource Boards (CRBs);

(b)    whether the Government has any plans to enhance the efforts of the CRBs and, if so, what the plans are; and

(c)    what long term measures, if any, the Ministry has taken to ensure that CRBs are financially self sustaining for them to continue with the task at (a).

351    Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education what measures the Ministry has taken to:

(a)    ensure that there are sufficient stocks of textbooks in all schools in Kalabo Central Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b)    improve the textbook-pupil ratio in the Constituency.

352    Mr Mtolo (Chipata Central) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)    what the teacher-pupil ratio at Chipata Day Secondary School currently is;

(b)    what the recommended teacher-pupil ratio at the School is; and

(c)    what plans, if any, the Ministry has to improve the teacher-pupil ratio at the School.

353    Mr Matafwali (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication whether the Government is satisfied with the quality of work done on the newly rehabilitated stretch of the Great North Road between Serenje and Mansa turn-off.

354    Mr Kapyanga (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Health when the Ministry will install a new incinerator and a new laundry machine at Kabwe General Hospital.

355    Mr Chansa (Chimbamilonga) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock:

(a)    when a District Agricultural Coordinator will be posted to Nsama District; and

(b)    when fisheries officers will be posted to Nsumbu in Chimbamilonga Parliamentary Constituency.

356    Mr Miyanda (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs:

(a)    when the Government will construct a palace for Chief Simwatachela in Mapatizya Parliamentary Constituency; and

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

357    Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Minister of Justice:

(a)    when the Magistrates Court building in Kaputa will be expanded to include office accommodation, store rooms and wash rooms;

(b)    when the Magistrates Court will be provided with transport to ensure smooth operations of the justice system in the District;

(c)    what the total staff establishment of the Magistrates Court in Kaputa District is; and

(d)    when secretarial staff will be posted to Kaputa Magistrates Court.

358    Mr Kapyanga (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education whether the Government has any plans to establish a school of medicine at the Mulungushi University in Kabwe and, if so, when the plans will be implemented.

359    Mr Simbao (Senga Hill) - to ask the Minister of Finance:

(a)    what measures the Government has taken to reduce the income disparities between households in urban and rural areas; and

(b)    how long it will take for the Government to reduce the income disparities.

PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILLS

The Minister of Health

The National Health Research – Bill to establish the National Health Research Authority and provide for its functions and powers; establish the National Health Research Ethics Board and provide for its functions and powers; provide a regulatory framework for the development, regulation, financing and coordination of health research and ensure the development of consistent health research standards and guidelines for ethically sound health research; provide for the establishment of health research ethics committees and the regulation and management of research institutions, health researchers and health establishments involved in or undertaking research; provide for the regulation of biological material for health research; provide for ethical approval for the conduct of clinical trials; provide for the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines in health research; provide for data management and intellectual property rights in health research; provide for the designation of bio banks; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.                   (N.A.B. 2/2013)

The Minister of Health

The Medicines and Allied Substances – Bill to continue the existence of the Pharmaceutical  Regulatory Authority and re-name it as the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority; provide for the functions and powers of the Authority; provide for the registration and regulation of pharmacies, health shops and agro-veterinary shops; provide for the registration and regulation of medicines and allied substances; provide for the regulation of the manufacture, importation, exportation, possession, storage, distribution, supply, promotion, advertising, sale and use of medicines and allied substances; provide for the regulation and control of clinical trials; repeal and replace the Pharmaceutical Act, 2004; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.             (N.A.B. 3/2013)