NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FOURTH SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

WEDNESDAY, 17TH MARCH, 2010

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

388    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Education whether there are any plans to construct a high school in Chief Chibwika’s area in Mwinilunga District to cater for children from basic schools and, if so, when the construction will begin.

389    Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a)    when the Government will pay Mpelembe Drilling Company on behalf of RAMCOZ in Luanshya;

(b)    how much money is owed to Mpelembe Drilling Company by RAMCOZ; and

(c)    what the cause of the delay by the Government in clearing the debt has been.

390    Mr Chitonge (Mwansabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a)    how much, in arrears, is owed to teachers in Luapula Province in terms of:

(i)    housing allowance;
(ii)    fixed band allowance;
(iii)    double class allowance; and
(iv)    responsibility allowance;

(b)    when the outstanding allowances will be paid; and

(c)    how many of the teachers yet to be paid are from Mwansabombwe Parliamentary Constituency.

391    Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a)    how many foreign nationals were serving prison sentences in Zambia in 2008 and 2009; and

(b)    what are the nationalities of those referred to in (a) above.

392    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Health what the total number of maternal deaths from January, 2007 to December, 2009 were in the following provinces:

(a)    Northern;

(b)    Eastern;

(c)    Lusaka;

(d)    Copperbelt; and

(e)    North-Western.

393    Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply whether there are any plans to undertake construction of all incomplete public buildings that have either been abandoned or have not shown any progress in the past year country-wide.

394    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply

(a)    when the construction of the planned fly-over bridge on the Kafue Road between Misisi and John Laing compounds will begin; and

(b)    who the contractor for the project above is.

395    Mr Chitonge (Mwansabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Health whether the government has any plans to rehabilitate the infrastructure at Mbereshi Hospital which was built in the 1940s.

396    Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Development what measures the Government has taken to encourage the Zambian people rear cattle, especially in provinces where the cattle population is low.

397    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Vice President and Minister of Justice when the Kasanjiku bridge which was washed away by torrential rains in 2008/2009 rainy season will be reconstructed under the Disaster Management Programme.

398    Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a)    when the Government will implement the Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS);

(b)    what has caused the delay in the implementation of the project;

(c)    how much money will be spent to implement IFMIS; and

(d)    what the source of funding will be.

399    Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry:

(a)    how many television sets were imported into the country in 2008 and 2009;

(b)    how much was spent on the importations at (a); and

(c)    how much tax was raised by the Government from these importations.

400    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Health what the rate of infant mortality is in the following Districts:

(a)    Chilubi;

(b)    Chienge;

(c)    Kitwe;

(d)    Lusaka;

(e)    Chipata; and

(f)    Zambezi.

401    Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services:

(a)    what the fate of subscribers who were abandoned by Gateway Television (GTV) Zambia is; and

(b)    what measures the Government has taken to ensure that subscribers are protected from such treatment in future by service providers.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

1    The Local Government (Amendment) Bill  (N.A.B. 14/2010)
      Committee Stage

2    The Disaster Management Bill  (N.A.B. 32/2009)
       Third Reading