NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FOURTH SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

TUESDAY, 2ND MARCH, 2010

AT 1430 HOURS

ORDER PAPER

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

292    Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    whether the Government is aware that cholera has broken out in Lusaka and that a number of deaths have occurred;

(b)    why the Ministry has not funded the Lusaka Urban District Health Management Team since November, 2009, to enable them contain the outbreak;

(c)    whether the Ministry is aware that in Lusaka, health personnel are attending to cholera patients without protective clothing; and

(d)    what immediate measures the Ministry has taken to reduce the risks that health personnel are exposed to while attending to cholera patients.

293    Col G Chanda (Kanyama) - to ask the Minister of Defence:

(a)    what the original mission statement for the Zambia National Service under the Zambia National Service Act is; and

(b)    whether, in its current form and status, the Service operates within the original framework as envisaged by the founding fathers.

294    Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a)    when the Government will implement the Markets and Bus Stations Act; and

(b)    what has caused the delay in the implementation of the Act.

295    Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Vice President and Minister of Justice when the Government will develop the following sectors in Chief Nabwalya’s area in Mfuwe Parliamentary Constituency:

(a)    roads;

(b)    education; and

(c)    health.

296    Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a)    why Luanshya Copper Mines Plc was exempted from paying Property Transfer Tax under Statutory Instrument No.69 of 2009; and

(b)    what the revenue loss as a result of the action at (a) is.

297    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Health when the Government will embark on a repair exercise of all solar installations in the following rural health centres in Mwinilunga District:

(a)    Kamapanda;

(b)    Chiwoma;

(c)    Kapundu; and

(d)    Kakoma.

298    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a)    how many homicide cases were reported to police and prosecuted before the courts of law in Mwinilunga District from 2006 to 2009, year by year; and

(b)    of the cases above, how many resulted into:

(i)    convictions;
(ii)    acquittals; and
(iii)    nolle prosequi.

299    Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a)    when the following areas in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency will be electrified:

(i)    Kanshimba Basic School; and
(ii)    Mwenda Fishing Camp;

(b)    what caused the delay in the electrification of the places above; and

(c)    how much money will be spent on the electrification of Mwenda Fishing Camp.

300    Dr Machungwa (Luapula) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a)    whether the Zambezi Oil Trading Company (ZOT) in Ndola paid for the laying and burying of cables underground as one of the conditions for the construction of a petroleum depot and fuel tanks close to a highway and almost beneath the ZESCO high-voltage transmission lines; and

(b)    whether the measures agreed upon by ZESCO, the Environmental Council of Zambia and the Energy Regulation Board have been implemented and, if not, why.

301    Mrs Musokotwane (Katombola) - to ask the Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Development:

(a)    when the ban on livestock movement in Katombola Parliamentary Constituency will be lifted;

(b)    whether there are any plans to build an abattoir in Mwandi Parliamentary Constituency;

(c)    when construction of the cordon line in Katombola Parliamentary Constituency will be completed; and

(d)    what measures have been taken to ensure that the line is not vandalised.

302    Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security:

(a)    how many outlets Shoprite Zambia had opened as of 31st December, 2009 country-wide;

(b)    how many people were employed by Shoprite Zambia in the same period; and

(c)    how many people were employed as casual workers country-wide.

303    Mr C K Banda (Chasefu) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a)    how many Zambians hold gemstone licences in Lundazi District;

(b)    how much the gemstone owners have contributed in taxes to the Treasury; and

(c)    what type of gemstones are mined in Lundazi District.

304    Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning how much money was spent on the construction of each of the provincial offices of the Auditor General in 2007 and 2008.

305    Dr Chishya (Pambashe) - to ask the Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training:

(a)    how many female post-graduate students have benefited from scholarships from the Ministry for training of researchers since 2006; and

(b)    how many such students have graduated and are employed
as research and development workers in the Ministry and elsewhere.

306    Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a)    how much cobalt was exported by Zambia through the Chambeshi Metals Company from 2007 to 2009, year by year; and

(b)    how much revenue was raised by the company from the exports during the same period.

307    Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security when the ex-Mpelembe Drilling Company employees who left the company through the following modes will be paid their terminal benefits:

(a)    retirement as of December, 2007; and

(b)    medical discharge as of December, 2005.

308    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a)    what action has been taken against people who are irrigating crops using sewer water at Chamba Valley in Munali Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b)    whether the water from the boreholes near the sewerage dam in Chamba Valley is safe for human consumption.

309    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when the rehabilitation of the Nampundwe/Mumbwa road, which ended at Blue Lagoon, will resume.

310    Mr Chitonge (Mwansabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing how much land, originally used as parks, in Luapula Province, had its land-use changed as of December, 2008.

311    Mr Chitonge (Mwansabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing whether there are any plans to upgrade Mwansabombwe into a sub-district considering that it meets the necessary requirements in terms of population and other facilities.

312    Mr Muntanga (Kalomo Central) - to ask the Minister of Education what support has been rendered to schools such as Dimbwe Day and Siachitema Day in Kalomo Central Parliamentary Constituency that were recently upgraded from basic to high schools.