NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FOURTH SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

TUESDAY, 9TH MARCH, 2010

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

348 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Health why some serious cases of illness taken directly to the University Teaching Hospital are referred back to the referral clinics instead of attending to them.

349 Mr Muntanga (Kalomo Central) - to ask the Minister of Education when the following schools in Kalomo Central Parliamentary Constituency will be electrified:

(a) Dimbwe Basic;

(b) Dabali Basic;

(c) Siachitema Day High; and

(d) Mayoba Basic.

350 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a) how many tonnes of manganese have been exported to other countries from Bahati Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b) how much was collected as tax from these exports; and

(c) who the exporters are.

351 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when infrastructure will be constructed at the following border posts in Mwinilunga:

(a) Kamapanda; and

(b) Kambimba.

352 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing why the positions of Legal Secretary and Social Secretary were abolished in District Councils.

353 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when the Government will grant Mumbezhi in the North-Western Province district status.

354 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) when the rehabilitation of Kaoma Makasa Rural Health Centre in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency will commence;

(b) how much money will be spent on the rehabilitation works; and

(c) what has caused the delay in the rehabilitation of the health centre.

355 Mrs Musokotwane (Katombola) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) how many vehicles passed through the Kazungula Border Post in 2007 and 2008; and

(b) how much revenue was raised from the vehicles.

356 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services how much money was spent on traditional ceremonies in 2007 and 2008.

357 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Health what the nurse/patient and doctor/patient ratios at the following hospitals in Mufulira District were as of 30th October, 2009:

(a) Kamuchanga;

(b) Ronald Ross; and

(c) Malcom Watson.

358 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when the Government will rehabilitate the following roads in Kantanshi Parliamentary Constituency:

(a) David Kaunda;

(b) Changa Changa;

(c) Cha Cha Cha; and

(d) Accra.

359 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs how many Zambians were serving prison sentences outside Zambia in 2008 and 2009, and in which countries.

360 Mr Chitonge (Mwansabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how much money the Lusaka City Council realised from property rates between January and December, 2008; and

(b) how the money realised was utilised.

361 Mr Chitonge (Mwansabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training:

 (a) what the average cost of training each of the following professionals at Government training institutions currently is:

(i) medical doctor;
(ii) pharmacist;
(iii) biomedical scientist;
(iv) environmental health specialist; and
(v) radiographer; and

(b) how many of the professionals above are working in Zambia.

362 Mr Muntanga (Kalomo Central) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a) how much money has been raised from the K152 per litre charged from 2005 to-date for strategic fuel reserves;

(b) how much fuel has been purchased from the Strategic Fuel Reserve Fund as strategic fuel reserves;

(c) when the target of 90 days strategic fuel reserves will be attained; and

(d) why the Strategic Fuel Reserve Fund was not utilised to resolve the fuel crisis experienced in October/November, 2009 as was intended in the original objective in 2005.

363 Ms Mwape (Mufulira) - to ask the Minister of Education when desks were last allocated to schools in Mufulira Parliamentary Constituency.

364 Mr Mushili (Ndola Central) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) how many community schools are registered in Ndola District;

(b) how many of the schools at (a) are recognised by the Ministry of Education;

(c) of the schools at (b), how many are funded by the Government;

(d) what criteria are used by the Government to fund community schools; and

(e) what measures has the Ministry taken to monitor the performance of community schools and the utilisation of funds.

365 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry whether the Government has any plans to repossess Mansa Batteries Factory whose new owners have failed to operate it for the last sixteen years.

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

(a) how much profit was made by the Central Bank from 2008 to 2009; year by year;

(b) what are the sectors from which the profits were generated; and

(c) what the projected profit of the Bank in 2010 is.

367 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Vice President and Minister of Justice when the Electoral Commission of Zambia will pay election officials their two nights allowances earned during the 2008 Presidential elections.