NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 22ND AUGUST, 2007

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

862 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Vice-President:

(a) whether the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit has standby skilled personnel such as doctors, pilots, fire fighters and divers to combat any disaster in the country; and

(b) when helicopters will be purchased for the Unit.

863 Mr Sejani (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Education what progress has been made in the appointment of the University of Zambia Vice-Chancellor.

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

W11 Dr Njobvu (Milanzi) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives what the crop production levels in the country were from 2001 to 2005, crop by crop and province by province.

W12 Mr Chazangwe (Choma Central) - to ask the Minister of Education how many trained and untrained teachers are employed in the Southern Province, school by school.

W13 Mr Kapeya (Mpika) -  to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

(a) how many officers were recalled from Zambia’s Missions Abroad from 2001 to 2005 and what are their names;

(b) where the officers at (a) above were deployed in Zambia; and

(c) how many officers replaced those at (a) above and what are their names.

W14 Dr Njobvu (Milanzi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how much money was released for the rehabilitation of feeder roads from 2001 to 2006, province by province and district by district;

(b) which feeder roads were rehabilitated in Katete District, constituency by constituency, in the same period above; and

(c) how much money was spent in rehabilitating the feeder roads at (b) above, constituency by constituency.

W15 Mr Imenda (Lukulu East) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) what measures have been taken to deal with the following challenges:

(i) congestion in prisons throughout the country;
(ii) contracting of various types of diseases by inmates while in prison;
(iii) the need to protect prison officials and other workers from contracting contagious diseases from inmates;
(iv) the integration of former inmates into the community to ensure that they do not commit similar offences; and
(v) the equipping of inmates and ex-convicts with skills and specialised trades to enable them lead positive lives;

(b) what is the rate of ex-convicts committing similar or other offences after they have been re-integrated; and

(c) what are the reasons for drifting back into lawlessness after the ex-convicts have been re-integrated into the communities.

PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILLS

The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources

Tourism and Hospitality - Bill to provide for the development of the tourism industry through tourism planning, management and co-ordination; to provide for the functions and powers of the Director of Tourism; to provide for incentives for investors in the tourism industry; to provide for the control and regulation of hotels and the enforcement of reasonable standards of cleanliness, sanitation and service; to provide for the authorisation and licensing of tourism enterprises; to provide for the granting of casino licences; to provide for the constitution of the Hotel Managers Registration Council; to provide for the establishment and administration of the Tourism Development Fund; to repeal the Tourism Act, 1979, the Hotels Act, 1987 and the Casinos Act, 1992; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.   (N.A.B. 27/2007)

The Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources

Zambia Tourism Board - Bill to provide for the establishment of the Zambia Tourism Board and define its functions; to provide for the promotion and marketing of Zambia as a tourist destination within and outside Zambia; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
         (N.A.B. 28/2007)

NOTICE OF MOTION AND ORDERS OF THE DAY

The Vice-President

Suspension of Standing Orders: That Standing Orders 20 and 21(1), if necessary, and Standing Order 101 be suspended to enable the House to complete all business on the Order Paper and all matters arising therefrom and that, on such completion, the House do adjourn sine die.

1 Fisheries (Amendment) Bill (N.A.B. 29/2007): (Second Reading): Resumption of Debate - Prof. F Phiri (Kapoche).

2 National Constitutional Conference Bill  (N.A.B. 26/2007)
                                                            Committee Stage

3 Anti-Terrorism Bill      (N.A.B. 24/2007)
                                    Report Stage