NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIFTH SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 1ST JUNE, 2011

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

427 Mr Mwango (Kanchibiya) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) when the following roads in Kanchibiya Parliamentary Constituency will be rehabilitated:

(i) Chalabesa/Kabinga;
(ii) Kopa/Ncubula; and
(iii) T2/Chiundaponde;

(b) what the cost of rehabilitating each road above, is; and

(c) what the time-frame for completing each road, is.

428 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Lands why foreigners are allocated huge tracts of land compared to Zambians.

429 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma)  - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services:

 (a) how much money, in the form of television licence fees, has been collected by the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation from inception to-date; and

 (b) how this money has been utilised.

430 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) when the Chinese procured road equipment stationed in the Southern Province will be moved to Gwembe District to work on the roads there;

(b) what has caused the delay in grading the roads in the District; and

(c) what machinery for road maintenance is available in the Southern Province.

431 Mr C Mulenga (Chinsali) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) when the Government will construct a bridge on Chambeshi  River at Mbesuma;

(b) how much the project will cost; and

(c) what has delayed construction of the bridge.

432 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security:

 (a) how many labour officers were trained both within and outside Zambia from 2007 to 2010; and

 (b) how many districts country-wide had labour officers as of March, 2011.

433 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services:

 (a) when the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) television signal will be extended to reach all parts of Zambia; and

 (b) whether the Government has any plans to waive the television licence fee in areas that do not receive the ZNBC television signal.

434 Col G Chanda (Kanyama) - to ask the Minister of Lands:

(a) what the procedure for acquiring land for commercial use on either side of Kafue road from the Kafue Round About to Chawama Turn-Off is; and

(b) why authority to allocate the land above has shifted from the Ministry of Lands to the Ministry of Local Government and Housing.

435 Mr Mwenya (Nkana) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security:

(a) how many residential flats and office accommodation are contained in the National Pension Scheme Authority’s Provident House in Kitwe;

(b) how many families occupied the flats as of April, 2011;

(c) how many offices were occupied during the same period;
and

(d) why the property has remained in a dilapidated state for a long time.

436 Mr Mwango (Kanchibiya) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a) what the financial position of ZCCM-IH was as of December,  2010; and

 (b) how much money the Government realised in dividends in 2009 and 2010.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Ms Kapata

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Health, Community Development and Social Welfare, for the Fifth Session of the Tenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 24th May, 2011.