NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FOURTH SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

WEDNESDAY, 10TH MARCH, 2010

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

368    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when the Ministry will provide Mwinilunga Police Station with a motor vehicle for operations.

369    Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a)    when the Government will pay terminal benefits to former Mechanical Services Department (MSD) employees in Luapula Province, which was abolished in 1990;

(b)    how many employees were affected; and

(c)    how much money is owed to the employees of MSD in Luapula Province.

370   Mr Mwango (Kanchibiya) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a)    what the tenure of office of the Managing Director of the Zambia National Building Society is; and

(b)    when the contract for the current Managing Director was last renewed.

371    Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a)    when the new District Education Board Secretary’s office in Mpika will be furnished; and

(b)    why the Ministry takes long to transfer teachers in rural schools from one school to another.

372    Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a)    what the total amount, in kilograms, of sweet potatoes was produced from 2006 to 2008, year by year, country-wide;

(b)    how many kilograms of the sweet potatoes were exported; and

(c)    how much was earned from the exports.

373    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing how much money was spent on the purchase of the following items for local authorities in 2008:

(a)    speed boats;

(b)    life jackets;

(c)    boat engines; and

(d)    tents.

374    Mr Mushili (Ndola Central) - to ask the Vice President and Minister of Justice what measures the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit has taken to mitigate the impact of floods in areas that are prone to perennial floods.

375    Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources:

(a)    why the Government has taken so long to open a tourism promotion office in Luapula Province; and

(b)    why the Destination Luapula Programme, which was a marketing strategy for tourism promotion in the province, was abandoned.

376    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply whether there are any plans to tar at least one road in Central Province each year.

377    Mr Chitonge (Mwansabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    how many ghost workers have been removed from the Ministry’s payroll since the inception of the payroll clean-up exercise to-date; and

(b)    what the actual establishment of the Ministry currently is.

ORDER OF THE DAY
(Amendment) Bill                                                                                                                                  Second Reading