NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - TUESDAY, 20TH FEBRUARY, 2007

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

303 Mr Kasongo (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what measures the Government has put in place to attain broad-based economic growth and sustainable poverty reduction.

304 Mr Kasongo (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what measures the Government has put in place to eradicate poverty and hunger in Zambia by the year 2015, in line with the Millennium Development Goals.

305 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources what marketing strategy has the Government taken to attract investors to the beaches of lakes Mweru and Bangweulu.

306 Mr Hamir (Chitambo) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) when the nursing school at Chitambo Hospital, which was closed, will be re-opened;

(b) when staff houses at Chitambo Hospital will be rehabilitated; and

(c) when Chitambo Hospital will be provided with reliable transport for its operations.

307 Mr Hamir (Chitambo) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) what programmes are in place to enable district councils raise funds; and

(b) whether there are any plans to involve councils in the construction of schools, clinics and feeder roads as a way of generating funds.

308 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) how many cholera cases were reported in Zambia in 2006;

(b) which provinces were most affected and why; and

(c) what measures the Ministry has taken to prevent a recurrence of the disease in Zambia.

309 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services:

(a) how much revenue is realised by ZNBC from television licence fees annually;

(b) how the money from TV licence fees is utilised; and

(c) whether there are any plans to allow private television broadcasting stations to benefit from the TV licence fees.

310 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) how many companies in the road construction industry were awarded tenders to construct or rehabilitate roads in 2006;

(b) how many of these companies are foreign owned, name by name; and

(c) what measures the Government has taken to ensure that Zambian-owned constructing companies participate favourably in this industry.

311 Mr Sejani (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) what are the current official statistics on the levels of poverty in Zambia;

(b) what are the causes of poverty; and

(c) what specific programmes the Government has embarked upon in order to alleviate poverty in Zambia.

312 Mr Sejani (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing whether the Government has any plans to demolish squatter townships in the country.

ORDER OF THE DAY

1 Supply - Motion (9th February) - Resumption of Debate.