NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

SECOND SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - FRIDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 2012

AT 0900 HOURS

HIS HONOUR THE VICE PRESIDENT’S QUESTION TIME (30 MINUTES)

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

214    Mr B Mutale (Kwacha) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development when the Government will sink boreholes at schools which have erratic water supply in Kwacha Parliamentary Constituency.

215    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing what measures have been taken to control the breeding of mosquitoes in the sewerage ponds in Garden Compound in Lusaka.

216    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Health when the mobile hospital services will be extended to Nangoma Parliamentary Constituency.

217    Mr S Chungu (Luanshya) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and
Housing:

(a)    whether any bar owner in Luanshya District has ever been prosecuted for allowing the patronage of under-aged children in their bars; and

(b)    if so, how many had been prosecuted as of 31st August, 2012.

218    Mr Taundi (Mangango) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    when the construction of rural health centres at the following places in Mangango Parliamentary Constituency will be completed and opened to the public:

(i)    Mushwala;
(ii)    Nalulembwe;
(iii)    Kafwasonyi; and
(iv)    Namaloba; and

(b)    when qualified medical staff will be deployed at Winda and Kasabi Rural Health Centres.

219    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)    what the total number of learning institutions under each of the following categories in the country was as of 31st December, 2011:

(i)    basic schools;
(ii)    high schools;
(iii)    grant-aided schools;
(iv)    private schools; and
(v)    community schools; and

(b)    whether grant-aided schools received the grants through the office of the Provincial Education Officer and, if not, how the grants are disbursed.

220    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Youth and Sport:

(a)    how many youth clubs in Northern Province benefited from grants and loans from 1st January, 2010 to 31st December, 2011; and

(b)    what economic activities the clubs at (a) above were engaged in.

221    Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development:

(a)    how much money was owed to ZESCO Limited by electricity consumers country-wide as of June, 2012; and

(b)    how and when ZESCO Limited will recover the debt above.

222    Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    how much money the Government released to the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority in 2011;

(b)    on what activities the money was spent; and

(c)    how much was spent on allowances for board members.

223    Mr Sililo (Mulobezi) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a)    whether the Government is aware of the high cases of stock theft in Mulobezi District; and

(b)    if so, what measures have been taken to correct the situation.

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

W11    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock:

(a)    how many metric tonnes of each of the following crops the Government exported in 2010 and 2011, year by year:

(i)    rice;
(ii)    barley;
(iii)    maize;
(iv)    cassava;
(v)    beans;
(vi)    millet; and
(vii)    sorghum; and

(b)    to which countries the crops at (a) were exported.

W12    Mr Lufuma (Kabompo West) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    when the Government will commence construction of rural health centres in the following areas in Kabompo West Parliamentary Constituency:

(i)    Luyiwe;
(ii)    Maveve;
(iii)    Mulundu;
(iv)    Kalwilo;
(v)    Malola;
(vi)    Watopa; and
(vii)    Kafungo;

(b)    when the following rural health centres will be rehabilitated:

(i)    Kabulamema;
(ii)    Mumbeji; and
(iii)    Ndungo; and

(c)    when the Government will recruit more members of staff for the rural health centres at (b) to cater for the increased number of patients in their respective catchment areas.

ORDER OF THE DAY

1    Supply - Motion (12th October) - Resumption of Debate.