NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 4TH JULY, 2012

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

395 Mr Mulomba (Magoye) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a)  when the Government will build the following facilities in Magoye Parliamentary Constituency:

(i)   a police station at Chivuna; and
(ii)  police posts at Nkonkola, Musuma, Munenga, Mukuyu and Itebe; and

(b) when Magoye Police Station will be rehabilitated.

396  Mr Njeulu (Sinjembela) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development:

(a)   whether there was any company that prospected for diamonds in Shangombo District between 2001 and 2004; and

(b)   if so, what the results of the exercise were.

397   Brig Gen Dr Chituwo (Mumbwa) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development how much money is required by ZESCO Limited to supply electricity country-wide to the following facilities:

(a)  new residential houses;

(b)  farm houses; and

(c)  commercial properties.

398 Mr Sichula (Nakonde) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)  whether feasibility studies for the construction of a bridge on Kalungu river, to connect Chunga to Katukauchu in Nakonde District have been undertaken; and

(b)  if not, when the studies will be undertaken.

399 Mr Chitotela (Pambashe) - to ask the Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs:

(a)  whether the Government has plans to recognise sub-chiefs in the country by granting them full chief status; and

(b)  if so, when the process will start.

400 Mr Mulomba (Magoye) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)  whether the Government has any plans to upgrade the following clinics in Magoye Parliamentary Constituency to hospitals:

(i)   Magoye;
(ii)   Mukuyu; and
(iii)  Munenga;

(b)  if so, when the upgrading will begin; and

(c)  when the Government will construct clinics at Chimwaikila and Kasako fishing villages.

401 Mr Milambo (Mwembeshi) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)  whether there are any plans to construct a boarding school in Mwembeshi Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b)  whether there are any plans to convert the following community schools into Government schools:

(i)   Chibenge;
(ii)   Mwanakachemba;
(iii)  Kapela;
(iv) Shikaluma; and
(v)  Shabishabi.

402  Mr Mushanga (Bwacha) - to ask the Minister of Youth and Sport:

(a)   when the Government will construct a modern stadium in Kabwe; and

(b)  when the Government will rehabilitate the following stadia in Kabwe:

(i)    Winter Muleya;
(ii)   President; and
(iii)   Railway Grounds.

403 Brig Gen Dr Chituwo (Mumbwa) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)  whether the Ministry is aware that some girls’ hostels, teachers’ houses and a laboratory block at Mumbwa High School have been declared unfit for human habitation; and

(b)  if so, what immediate plans the Ministry has to normalise the situation.

404 Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism:

(a)  how much money is paid as licence fees to the Zambia Wildlife Authority for fishing within the Mweru-Wantipa National Park in Kaputa District; and

(b)  whether the fees also apply to the local community.

405 Mr Matafwali (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning whether there were any benefits that accrued to the economy as of 31st March, 2012, following the reduction in fuel prices and the sale of maize grain at discounted rates by the Food Reserve Agency and, if so, what the benefits are.

406 Mr Antonio (Kaoma Central) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)  when Mulamatila Basic School in Kaoma Central Parliamentary Constituency, whose infrastructure is in a deplorable state, will be rehabilitated; and

(b)  when desks will be provided to the following basic schools:

(i)   Mulamatila;
(ii)  Mulalila;
(iii) Kalumwange;
(iv) Longe;
(v)  Shishamba;
(vi) Shimano; and
(vii) Nkeyema.

407 Mr Mutale (Kwacha) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)  when the maternity ward at Kwacha Clinic in Kwacha Parliamentary Constituency, whose construction was completed a long time ago, will become operational; and

(b)  when maternity wings will be constructed at the following health centres:

(i)  Mwaiseni;
(ii)  Ipusukilo;
(iii)  Riverside; and
(iv) Bulangililo.

408 Mr Singombe (Dundumwezi) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)  how many bicycles were donated to schools in Dundumwezi Parliamentary Constituency by the World Bicycle Relief Programme from 2009 to-date; and

(b)  which schools benefited from the donation.

409 Mr Chilangwa (Kawambwa) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works Supply and Communication when the Luapula valley road, especially the stretch between Mwense and Mununshi which is currently in a deplorable state, will be rehabilitated.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr Hamududu

Report of the Committee on Estimates:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Estimates, for the First Session of the Eleventh National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 21st June, 2012.