NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 2007

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

313 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Vice-President:

(a) how many bags of maize were distributed by the Disaster Management Unit as relief food in 2006, constituency by constituency; and

(b) how many bags of maize were destroyed in transit or were found rotten before being distributed to the various constituencies.

314 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Health whether construction of Mapowa Health Centre in the Kantanshi Parliamentary Constituency was completed and, if so, when did the centre become operational.

315 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a) how much money is remitted by ZESCO Ltd to the Zambezi River Authority annually;

(b) how is the money used; and

(c) of what benefit is the Zambezi River Authority to Zambia.

316 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Education when the Government will upgrade St Patrick’s Basic School in Gwembe District to a high school.

317 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a) how many tonnes of copper were produced by the mines in the Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces in each of the following years:

(i) 2002;  
(ii) 2003;
(iii) 2004;  
(iv) 2005; and
(v) 2006;

(b) how much profit, in United States Dollars, was made by the mines in the years above;

(c) how much revenue, in United States Dollars, was realised by the Government in the form of taxes in the same years above, year by year; and

(d) by what percentage did the Zambian economy benefit from the profits at (b) above.

318 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply whether the Government has plans to resurface the Mutanda/Mwinilunga road since the road has been completely eroded.

319 Mr Sejani (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) what is the total number of Zimbabwean farmers who have settled in Zambia; and

(b) what is their pre-occupation in the country.

320 Mr Sejani (Mapatizya) - to ask the Vice-President whether the Government has any plans to increase the number of Parliamentary constituencies in the country and, if so, when.

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

(a) how much profit was made by all privatised mines on the Copperbelt during the 2005/2006 financial year, mine by mine; and

(b) how much of this profit was ploughed back into the community, mine by mine.

322 Mr Sejani (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) how many people are currently on ARV treatment in Zambia, province by province; and

(b) how do these figures compare with other countries in the SADC region.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

1 Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons Bill  (N.A.B. 2/2007)
   Committee Stage

2 National Payment Systems Bill    (N.A.B. 1/2007)
   Committee Stage

3 Supply - Motion (9th February) - Resumption of Debate - (Dr Scott).