NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 2007

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

254 Mr Nkombo - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what immediate measures the Government has put in place to ensure that Government institutions retain their insurance business with the Zambia State Insurance Corporation to assure its sustainability and avoid its collapse.

255 Mr Sinyinda - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when the Government will consider building a new police station in Senanga to replace the dilapidated one.

256 Mr Sikazwe - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) whether a techno-economic feasibility study has been carried out on the upgrading of the Kasama-Kaputa road; and

(b) if not, what are the reasons for not carrying out the study.

257 Mr Katuka - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a) how many hydro-power stations the Government has planned to construct in the North-Western Province from 2006 to 2011; and

(b) how many districts will be connected to the national grid in the period above.

258 Mr Ntundu - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) whether there are any plans to review upwards the current risk allowance paid to officers in the Zambia Police Force; and

(b) when the Government will build adequate residential accommodation for officers in the Zambia Police Force in all the nine provinces of Zambia.

259 Mr Ntundu - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how much money was released for feeder roads in the Southern Province from 2003 to 2006; and

(b) which feeder roads were worked on, district by district.

260 Mr Katuka - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources what measures the Ministry has taken to develop the source of the Zambezi River into a major tourist attraction.

261 Mr Katuka - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) how many people graduated from the Fertiliser Support Programme as of December, 2006; and

(b) how many of those at (a) above are capable of sustaining themselves financially.

262 Mr Sikota - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) whether the Government has any plans to provide and sink boreholes for the people of Kasiya Ward in Livingstone; and

(b) how far the Government has gone in ensuring that Kasiya Ward makes progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals relating to access to and provision of water.

263 Mr Sikazwe - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport why the Government stopped training outboard motor drivers known as coxswains.

264 Mr Ntundu - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) when the faded polymer Kwacha notes will be withdrawn from circulation;

(b) what action the Government is taking against people who refuse to transact in faded polymer Kwacha notes; and

(c) whether there are any plans to introduce a One Hundred Thousand Kwacha bank note.

265 Mr Ntundu - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources when the Government will degazette the Musisa and Makuyu Forest Reserves.

266 Mr Sejani - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) what are the causes of rural-urban migration in Zambia; and

(b) what programmes the Government has initiated in order to develop rural areas in Zambia.

267 Mr Katuka - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development whether the Government has plans to fund the hydro-power project being constructed by missionaries at Kalene Mission in order to reduce the high cost of running the thermal power station in Mwinilunga District.

268 Mr Sejani - to ask the Minister of Lands what measures the Government has taken to address the problem of illegal allocation of plots in Lusaka and other major cities in the country.

269 Mr Sejani - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a) when the Gwembe-Tonga Development Project will be completed;

(b) what major projects have so far been completed by the Project; and

(c) what will happen to the projects which have not been completed, such as the Bottom Road.

270 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Education when the former President’s Citizenship College in Kabwe will be transformed into a fully fledged university.

271 Mr Kasongo - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development what measures the Government has put in place to enable ZESCO operate on a financially sustainable basis.

272 Mr Kasongo - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry what measures the Government has put in place to stimulate Zambia’s industrial development.

NOTICE OF MOTION

The Vice-President

Suspension of Standing Orders:  That Standing Orders 19 and 20 be suspended to enable the House to sit from 1415 hours to 1800 hours on Friday, 9th February, 2007, if business is not concluded before that hour.