NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 24TH JANUARY, 2007

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

59 Mr Kakoma - to ask the Vice-President:

(a) how many people have been affected by the floods in Zambezi, Chavuma and Mwinilunga Districts, district by district;

(b) what the estimated crop loss is in the three districts;

(c) how many bridges and houses have been destroyed by the floods;

(d) what the current food assessment requirement is for the area;

(e) what measures the Government has taken to assist the flood victims; and

(f) what permanent measures has the Government taken or intends to undertake to avert future disasters in Zambezi and Chavuma Districts since flood disasters in the two districts are perennial.

60 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:

(a) which foreign Governments delivered donations to local NGOs through State House and functions held at State House from 2001 to 2006; and

(b) what were these donations.

61 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development when Senior Chief Anang’anga Imwiko’s Palace will be electrified.

62 Ms Masiye - to ask the Vice-President:

(a) how much money has the Task Force on Corruption recovered since its inception;

(b) how much money has been paid to international private prosecutors;

(c) what are the names of the international private prosecutors and how much was paid to each one of them;

(d) how much deposit has been paid in the London Courts as security; and

(e) how much money has been paid to the Nchito Brothers as local private prosecutors since the inception of the Task Force on Corruption, month by month.

63 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport what was the number of registered vehicles in 1965 and 2005.

64 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) how much tax other than Mineral Tax and Customs and Excise Duty was collected in 2005; and

(b) of the above tax figure, which of the following taxes were collected, province by province:

(i) Domestic VAT;
(ii) PAYE;
(iii) Company Tax; and
(iv) Withholding Tax, including rent, interest and royalties.

65 Mr Mwangala - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives whether the Government has any plans to provide irrigation and agro processing equipment to the people in the Nalolo Parliamentary Constituency.

66 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when the following roads will be tarred or up-graded to grade ‘A’ gravel roads:

(i) Lukulu-Kaoma road;
(ii) Lukulu-Watopa road; and
(iii) Lukulu-Limulunga road.

67 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what was the value of the motor vehicle spares imported into Zambia from 2001 to December, 2005, year by year.

68 Mr E C Mwansa - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when repairs of the trunk road from Samfya through Lubwe/Kasaba to Luwingu, which were halted in 2000, will be resumed.

69 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when bridges across the Zambezi River to link Lukulu East Parliamentary Constituency to Kabompo District will be constructed.

70 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) how much money has been spent on the ongoing repairs of the Mongu-Kaoma road;

(b) when will the project be completed; and

(c) whether there are any plans to alter or modify the existing road plan.

71 Dr Scott - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many Chinese nationals were in Zambia as of 30th June, 2006;

(b) on the basis of which visas or permits were the Chinese nationals at (a) allowed entry in the country; and

(c) how many Chinese nationals are expected to be in Zambia by the middle of 2007.

72 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) how much revenue was earned from the privatisation of RAMCOZ;

(b) who were the liquidators of RAMCOZ, and how much were the liquidators/receivers paid for liquidating the company;

(c) how many employees lost jobs immediately after the privatisation of RAMCOZ;

(d) how much was paid out as terminal benefits and how long did it take to pay the employees after liquidation; and

(e) how many jobs were created by the new owners of the company.

73 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what are the social benefits to the people of Zambia in terms of the following:

(a) reduction in inflation to a single digit; and

(b) strengthening of the Zambian Kwacha against the US Dollar.

74 Mr Muntanga - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a) whether the Government has any plans to build a big dam at the confluence of the Kalomo and Mweemba Rivers; and

(b) if not, what plans are in place to preserve water for both irrigation and construction of small hydro power stations in the area.

75 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing how many boreholes the Government will sink in the Lukulu East Parliamentary Constituency in 2007.

76 Mr Imenda - to ask  the Minister of Energy and Water Development when schools in Lukulu rural will benefit from the rural electrification programme.

77 Dr Machungwa - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources whether Regulation 24 of Statutory Instrument No.28 of 1997 regarding Environmental Protection and Pollution Control, which was declared to be ultra vires the Principal Act, CAP 204 by the Committee on Delegated Legislation and the House, has been repealed.

78 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Health how many women, men and children under 18 years of age were on Anti Retroviral Therapy by June, 2006, province by province.

79 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) how many deaths segregated by gender and those below the age of 16 years were recorded in Lusaka from 2001 to 2005, year by year;

(b) how many of the above deaths were brought in dead (BID) at mortuaries; and
 
(c) how many of the above were buried at the official burial site in Lusaka.

80 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when police stations in Lukulu will be provided with the following:

(i) motor cycles;
(ii) vehicles;
(iii) speed boats; and
(iv) office accommodation.

81 Mr Imenda - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when a clean up operation to get rid of hired killers known as KARAVINAS in Western Province will be conducted.

82 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) how many tonnes of maize were  officially exported from Zambia in 2005 and at what value; and

(b) how many tonnes were imported and at what cost in the same year.

83 Mr Lubinda - to ask the Minister of Environment, Tourism and Natural Resources:

(a) what was the volume of Government forest plantations in Zambia in 1990 and in 2005 and which are they; and

(b) how much was earned from Government forest plantation harvests from 1990 to 2005.