NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 14TH NOVEMBER, 2007

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

991 Ms Limata (Luampa) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) when the following will be built at Luampa Hospital in Luampa Parliamentary Constituency:

(i) a children’s ward; and
(ii) a mortuary; and

(b) whether the Ministry has plans to visit the above hospital and, if so, when.

992 Mr Imasiku (Liuwa) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) whether there are any plans to reconstruct and realign the broken down sewerage system in Mulambwa Limulunga Compound in Mongu, which is an eye sore and a potential health hazard; and

(b) when the sewerage treatment ponds around Lewanika Hospital and Kambule Secondary School in Mongu will be rehabilitated.

993 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) when the University of Zambia accounts were last audited; and
(b) what measures the Ministry has taken to ensure that the accounts are audited on a regular basis in order to attract donor support.

994 Mr Mwapela (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) what measures the Government has taken to encourage
co-operative societies involved in farming in Kalabo District to engage in irrigation farming; and

(b) how many of the co-operative societies at (a) above have received irrigation loans from the Government and how much did each one receive.

995 Mr Sichamba (Isoka West) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when immigration officers will be posted to Mulekatembo Border Post in Isoka West Parliamentary Constituency.

996 Mr Milupi (Luena) - to ask the Vice-President when the Government will rationalise the spellings of some local places and products which have been mispelt since the colonial era, as follows:

(i) Sesheke to Sisheke;   
(ii) Senanga to Sinanga;
(iii) Mongu to Mungu;   
(iv) Lealui to Lyalui;
(v) Mosi-Oa-Tunya to Musi o Tunya;
(vi) Luwingu to Lubingu;
(vii) Mporokoso to Mumpolokoso; and
(viii) Mpika to Mupika.

997 Mr Simama (Kalulushi) - to ask the Vice-President whether the Government has any plans to encourage people living in areas that are prone to floods to shift to dry land.

998 Mr Silavwe (Nakonde) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when construction of a bridge across the lower Kalungu River in Nakonde Parliamentary Constituency, which was advertised two (2) years ago, will be completed.

999 Mr Singombe (Dundumwezi) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and
Co-operatives:

(a) how many farmers in Dundumwezi Parliamentary Constituency received cattle under the Cattle Restocking Programme from 2001 to 2005; and

(b) how many of the animals at (a) above have since died.

1000 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) what the average death rate of teachers per annum is on the Copperbelt; and

(b) how many deceased teachers have been replaced at the following schools from 2004 to date:

(i) Mpatamatu High School; and
(ii) Roan Antelope High School.

1001 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a) how many miners were employed by ZCCM as of 31st December, 1996; and

(b) how many miners were employed by the following mining companies as of 31st December, 2006:

(i) Mopani Copper Mines Plc;  
(ii) Kansanshi Mining Plc;
(iii) Lumwana Copper Mines Plc;
(iv) Konkola Copper Mines Plc; and
(v) Bwana Mkubwa Mining Ltd.

1002 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when construction of the Kasama/Luwingu road will be completed.

1003 Mr F R Tembo (Nyimba) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when funds to construct seven houses for Nyimba District Council, as promised in 2005, will be released.

1004 Mr Chongo (Mwense) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) how much revenue was collected from cross-border traders in Mwense District between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2002 to 2006, year by year; and

(b) whether there was disparity in the volume of trade between the two countries in the period above.

NOTICE OF MOTION AND ORDER OF THE DAY

Mr Beene

Report of the Committee on Estimates:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Estimates, for the First Session of the Tenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 1st November, 2007.

1 Report of the Committee on Local Governance, Housing and Chiefs’ Affairs - Motion (9th November) - Resumption of Debate - (Dr Machungwa).