NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - FRIDAY, 27TH JULY, 2007

AT 0900 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

640 Mr Matongo (Pemba) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development whether following the closure of the arbitration proceedings with the Zambia Copper Investments, it is prudent to allow the increase of the Konkola Copper Mines Plc shareholding by a further 28.4 per cent as a result of the said arbitration.

641 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development how much money the Government released to the Football Association of Zambia for the Africa Cup of Nations which was held in Egypt in 2006.

642 Mr Mbewe (Chadiza) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development when Chanida Border Post, in Chadiza District, will be electrified.

643 Mr Nyirenda (Kamfinsa) - to ask the Minister of Lands when the Government will demarcate land and issue title deeds in the degazetted areas of Kamfinsa and Mwekera as alluded to by the Government during the election campaigns in 2006.

644 Mr Chanda (Kankoyo) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) what the ratios of doctor to patient and nurse to patient are in both urban and rural hospitals; and

(b) how many hospitals and rural health centres are currently equipped with CD4 Count machines.

645 Mr Nyirenda (Kamfinsa) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) how much revenue the Government realised from the following taxes from January, 2003 to December, 2005, year by year:

(i) PAYE;   
(ii) Withholding tax;
(iii) Presumptive tax;
(iv) Company tax;
(v) VAT; and  
(vi) Customs and Excise Duty;

(b) how much revenue the Government received from non-tax measures in the same period above; and

(c) how much money the Government spent as recurrent and capital expenditures in the same period above.

646 Dr Chishimba (Kasama Central) - to ask the Minister of Justice how many lawyers are currently operating in the Attorney-General’s Chambers compared to the required total number.

647 Mr Simama (Kalulushi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when Kalulushi and Chambishi Districts will be provided with the following:

(i) a modern market; and
(ii) a bus stop.

648 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Lands whether the Ministry will consider providing plots to institutions and individuals with resources to construct the following in residential areas:

(i) secondary schools;
(ii) primary schools;
(iii) markets and shopping centres; and
(iv) recreation centres.

649 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning by what percentage the following have been reduced since the attainment of the HIPC Completion Point:

(i) poverty in rural areas; and
(ii) unemployment.

650 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply whether the Government has any plans to tar the Mansa/Munganga/Kawambwa road and, if so, when.

651 Mr Kapeya (Mpika) -  to ask the Minister of Home Affairs how many police stations were opened country-wide from 1991 to 2006.

652 Mr Mwangala (Nalolo) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs whether the Government has any plans to establish immigration posts at the following places in Sesheke and Shangombo Districts in order to control the illegal movement of people between Zambia and Angola:

(i) Imusho;
(ii) Sinjembela;
(iii) Kaunga Mashi; and
(iv) Mambolomoka.

653 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) what is the average monthly revenue collection by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA);

(b) how much revenue was collected by the ZRA from January, 2002 to December, 2006; and

(c) whether the ZRA meets its monthly revenue collection target.

654 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Health whether the Ministry has any plans to adopt alternative HIV/AIDS prevention and control measures to supplement the existing ones and, if so, what are they.

655 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development:

(a) how much money the Government of the People’s Republic of China will spend on the construction of a modern stadium in Ndola; and

(b) whether the funds to be spent on the project at (a) above will be a loan to Zambia and, if so, what the repayment period and the interest rate in percentage terms are.

656 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:

(a) how much was made by the Zambia Postal Services Limited in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in the form of profits; and

(b) how much of the profits at (a) above were declared to the Government as dividends.

657 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport why the Government removed the rail line from Luanshya to Ndola and thereafter transferred the rails to the Muchinji Rail Project in the Eastern Province.

658 Mr Imenda (Lukulu East) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs whether there are any plans to increase the number of open air prisons as a way of implementing the following:

(a) decongesting prisons;

(b) involving prisoners in productive farming designed to promote increased food security; and

(c) imparting farming skills to inmates as a reformatory tool.

659 Mr Simama (Kalulushi) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources what plans the Ministry has for the research centre for baikiaea plurijuga (Mukusi) at Machile in Mulobezi.

660 Mr Chanda (Kankoyo) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many condemned prisoners were hanged from 1991 to 2006, year by year;
(b) how many prisoners escaped from lawful custody in the period above;

(c) what the main causes for the escapes were;

(d) how many prisoners died while in custody in the period at (a) above; and

(e) what the main causes of the deaths at (d) above were.

661 Mr Simama (Kalulushi) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when Lufwanyama road will be tarred.

662 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Health what measures the Ministry has taken to protect Zambians from carcinogen which is released by some Zambian products used in the construction industry in the country.

663 Mr Kapeya (Mpika) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security when the qualifying period for NAPSA contributions will be reduced from the current 55 years to 45 years.

664 Mr Mwangala (Nalolo) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) when the planned joint agricultural project between Zambia and Namibia in Sesheke District will commence;

(b) why the project has taken long to take off; and

(c) what the envisaged benefits of the project are to Zambia and Namibia.

665 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how much money the Lusaka City Council collects as ground rates, on average, every year;

(b) how the money is utilised;

(c) how much was owed to the Council in outstanding ground rates by defaulters from 2002 to-date; and

(d) how many properties were seized by bailiffs for defaulting during the period at (c) above and how much was raised from the sale of these properties.

666 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development whether there are any plans to construct football pitches of reasonably modern standard in rural districts in order to promote and develop soccer talents in the country.

667 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when the Government will procure a new grader for Mwense District Council.

668 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what measures the Government has taken to ensure that the low monthly pensions being paid to retirees and widows by the Government Pension Schemes and the Mukuba Pension Scheme are increased to meet the hard economic situation prevailing in the nation.

669 Mr Imenda (Lukulu East) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport whether there are any plans to transform the Nayuma Habour at Limulunga, in Western Province, into a stadium for the benefit of tourists during Kuomboka ceremony.

PRESENTATION OF PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS

Mr Lubinda

Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) - Bill to amend the Anti-Corruption Commission Act.       (N.A.B. 14/2007)

Mr Lubinda

Judicial (Code of Conduct) (Amendment) - Bill to amend the Judicial (Code of Conduct) Act.        (N.A.B. 25/2007)