NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - TUESDAY, 10TH JULY, 2012

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

436    Mrs Mazoka (Pemba) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education whether the Government has any immediate plans to upgrade the following basic schools in Pemba Parliamentary Constituency to high schools:

(a)    Mayasanino;

(b)    Habbanyuka;

(c)    Hamabboonka;

(d)    Kauba;

(e)    Pemba; and

(f)    Chilundu.

437    Mr Sililo (Mulobezi) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education when the Government will procure and deliver desks to the following schools in Mulobezi District:

(a)    Sichili High;

(b)    Mulobezi Basic;

(c)    Bwina Basic;

(d)    Machile Basic;

(e)    Mulauli Basic; and

(f)    Kamenyani Basic.

438    Mr Chitotela (Pambashe) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication when feasibility studies on the construction of Kawambwa-Mporokoso road will begin.

439    Mr Mutelo (Lukulu West) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when Mitete in Lukulu West Parliamentary Constituency will be accorded district status.

440    Mr L Zimba (Kapiri Mposhi) - to ask the Minister of Health whether the Government has any immediate plans to construct a clinic in Chief Ngabwe’s area in Kapiri-Mposhi Parliamentary Constituency.

441    Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    when the construction of a bridge across the Zambezi River at Kazungula border post in Kazungula District will commence;

(b)    what the estimated cost of the project is; and

(c)    who the contractors for the project are.

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

(a)    how much money was spent on the purchase of the e-learning bus which is equipped with 19 computers;

(b)    how many schools benefited from the e-learning programme in 2011;

(c)    whether the e-learning bus has been fully utilized for the benefit of learners and, if not, why;

(d)    what the pupil-computer ratio in Zambian schools is in:

(i)    urban constituencies; and
(ii)    rural constituencies; and

(e)    how much money was spent on the e-learning conferences held in 2007 and 2010.

443    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education how many community schools, country-wide, had computer facilities as of February, 2012 and, if any, how these schools acquired the computers.

444    Mr Muntanga (Kalomo Central) - to ask the Vice President:

(a)    when the Public Service Commission (PSC) will create new positions in the Ministry of Health to which nurses who obtain first and higher university degrees may be promoted; and

(b)    why the PSC has taken long to create the new positions.

445    Mr Muntanga (Kalomo Central) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    when the road leading to the Paramilitary Police Training School in Kafue will be graded and maintained; and

(b)    whether there are any plans to tar the road and, if so, when the road will be tarred.

446    Mr Chingimbu (Kabompo East) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a)    when the Ministry will re-establish a police post at Manyinga in Kabompo East Parliamentary Constituency to curb crime in the area; and

(b)    when an immigration border post will be established at Ndunga in the Constituency.

447    Mr P A Ngoma (Feira) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education when the newly constructed secondary school in Luangwa District will be officially opened to the public.

448    Mr Chishimba (Kamfinsa) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    when the following health facilities in Kamfinsa Parliamentary Constituency will have a full staff compliment:

(i)    Ndeke Village Mini-Hospital;
(ii)    Mulenga Urban health Centre; and
(iii)    Ndeke Clinic;

(b)    when the construction of Ndeke Village Mini-Hospital will be completed;

(c)    whether there are any plans to construct a maternity wing at Ndeke Village Mini-Hospital; and

(d)    if so, when construction will commence.

449    Mr Kalaba (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism whether the Government has any immediate plans to open a tourism office in Australia to promote Zambia’s tourist attractions.

450    Dr Kazonga (Vubwi) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication when communication towers will be constructed at the following locations in Vubwi Parliamentary Constituency to improve mobile phone communication:

(a)    Chigwe;

(b)    Kabvumo;

(c)    Mchenjeza;

(d)    Mkumbudzi;

(e)    Mwangazi;

(f)    Msokosela; and

(g)    Zozwe.

451    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    how many workers lost their jobs at the Road Development Agency from 1st October, 2011 to 31st March, 2012;

(b)    what positions were held by the workers at (a) above; and

(c)    what led to their loss of employment.

452    Mr Sichula (Nakonde) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a)    when the construction of the one Border Post building at Nakonde Border will be completed; and

(b)    how much money will be spent on the project on completion.

453    Mrs Mazoka (Pemba) - to ask the Minister of Justice whether the Ministry is aware that the local court at Moyo stopped operating in 2004 because of the poor state of the court building and lack of staff.

454    Mr Mufalali (Senanga) - to ask the Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection:

(a)    whether an environmental impact assessment was undertaken prior to the siting of quarries for use in the construction of the Sesheke-Senanga road;

(b)    how many such quarries were approved for the entire road;

(c)    whether the Government will compensate households whose sources of drinking water have been affected by the quarrying; and

(d)    how many families have been affected in both Sesheke and Senanga Districts by quarrying.

455    Mr Mbulakulima (Chembe) - to ask the of Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a)    whether the Government has intentions of demolishing the illegally constructed market located near Findeco House and adjacent to the Intercity Bus Terminus in the Lusaka Central Business District;

(b)    when the street vendors trading along Freedom Way, Lumumba, Chachacha and Cairo Roads in Lusaka will be moved to designated trading places; and

(c)    what permanent solution Government has in order to make the marketers operate from permanent and humane trading places.

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

W28    Mr Mpundu (Nchelenge) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock how many 50kg bags of fertilizer where distributed, country-wide, under the Farmer Input Support Programme from 2007 to 2011, district by district.

W29    Mr Muntanga (Kalomo Central) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and
Water Development:

(a)    when the following Basic Schools in Kalomo Central Parliamentary Constituency will be electrified:

(i)    Dimbwe;
(ii)    Dabali;
(iii)    Kasizi;
(iv)    Masempela;
(v)    Nazilongo;
(vi)    Moonde;
(vii)    Mulwazi;
(viii)    Kanchela;
(ix)    Chawila;
(x)    Sikweya;
(xi)    Kasikili;
(xii)    Inkumbi;
(xiii)    Mayoba;
(xiv)    Munkolo;
(xv)    Mukwela;
(xvi)    Bbelo;
(xvii)    Muchenje;
(xviii)    Tara;
(xix)    Kalonda;
(xx)    Nantala;
(xxi)    Katundulu;
(xxii)    Katunda;
(xxiii)    Chifusa;
(xxiv)    Maumbwe;
(xxv)    Nakabanga;
(xxvi)    Chibomboma; and
(xxvii)    Mayobo; and

(b)    what type of electricity will be provided.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr Mwiimbu

Report of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Governance, Human Rights, Gender Matters and Child Affairs:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Governance, Human Rights, Gender Matters and Child Affairs, for the First Session of the Eleventh National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 26th June, 2012.