NATIONAL ASSEMBLY  OF ZAMBIA

FIFTH SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - FRIDAY, 10TH JUNE, 2011

AT 0900 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

478 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives:

 (a) why the Food Reserve Agency has been renting buildings from the Kafue Textiles of Zambia (KTZ); and

 (b) what the future of the workers, buildings and machinery of KTZ is.

479 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:

(a) how many music albums were produced and published on commercial basis by Zambian musicians from 2007 to 2010, year by year;

(b) which album and by which artist(s) published the largest number of copies in the same period above; and

(c) how much revenue the Government raised in the form of taxes from the music albums produced in each year above.

480 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives:

(a) how much money the Government released to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) for the purchase of maize in the 2010 harvest season;

(b) how much money FRA borrowed from lending institutions for the same purpose; and

(c) what the expected cost of reducing the price of maize sold  to the millers by FRA following a Government directive in March, 2011, is.

481 Mr C Mulenga (Chinsali) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) how many basic schools were earmarked for construction in Chinsali Parliamentary Constituency in 2010;

(b) in which areas were the schools to be located; and

(c) why the Government has not yet released the money for infrastructure development as outlined in the 2010 Annual Work Plan.

482 Mr Mwenya (Nkana) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) how many mobile e-learning buses were procured by the Government from 2010 to April, 2011;

(b) how much money the Government spent on the procurement of each bus; and

(c) how many learning institutions benefited from the buses, name by name.

483 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:

(a) how many people were living with disabilities in the following districts as of 31st March, 2011:

(i) Kitwe; and
(ii) Mufulira; and

(b) what assistance the Government renders to enhance the livelihoods of such people.

484 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development:

 (a) how many Executive Committees of the Football Association of Zambia completed their term of office and how many vacated office prematurely since 1992; and

 (b) what has been the main cause of vacating office prematurely.

485 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport what happened to the K2 billion that was released for the construction of a vessel for Lake Bangweulu between 2006 and 2007.

486 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Defence:

(a) how much money was spent on procuring foodstuffs for military personnel from 2006 to 2010;

(b) how much money was owed to food suppliers in the same period;

(c) whether the debt at (b) attracts interest; and

 (d) what criteria are used in choosing food suppliers.

487 Col G Chanda (Kanyama) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) what the source of the outbreak of the H1 N1 disease at Ibenga Girls High School in the Copperbelt Province in March, 2011, was; and

(b) what measures were taken to ensure that the disease did not spread to other parts of the country.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr C K Banda, SC

Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, for the Fifth Session of the Tenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 30th May, 2011.