NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIFTH SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - TUESDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2010

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
    
1     Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a)    how many miners died as a result of rockfall accidents whilst  on duty from 2006 to 2009;

(b)    of the cases above, how many were due to negligence of the mining companies; and

(c)    what action was taken against the concerned mining companies.

2      Mr Kambwili (Roan)    - to ask the Minister of Defence:

(a)    what the standard procedure for recruiting army officers is;

(b)    whether the Zambia Army promotes soldiers who obtain diplomas and degrees while in service to Commissioned Officers; and

(c)    when the last recruitment of soldiers was conducted.

3      Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma)     - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing whether the Government has any plans to tar the Chazanga-Kabanana road in Lusaka which has remained untarred since Independence in 1964.

4      Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a)    when the Government will start running the community schools in the following areas in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency:

(i)    Milonge;
(ii)    Munganga;            
(iii)    Mimbulu; and        
(iv)    Kane;

(b)    how much money the Government spent on the operations of the community schools stated above from 2006 to 2010; and

(c)    whether the Government is satisfied with the way community schools are run country-wide.
    
5     Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a)    when the Government will rehabilitate the Chisekesi-Gwembe road;

(b)    what the estimated cost of rehabilitating the road is;

(c)    when the road was last rehabilitated; and

(d)    who constructed the road and what the total cost was.

6     Mr Muyanda (Sinazongwe)    - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development what the Government policy is on the construction of decent housing units by mining companies.

7      Mr P P Chanda (Kankoyo) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when Buteko Market, which is under construction in Kankoyo Parliamentary Constituency, will be completed and opened to the public.

8     Mr Mwango (Kanchibiya) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and  Co-operatives:

(a)    how much money was raised from maize exports in 2008 and 2009;

(b)    how many tonnes of maize are intended for export in 2010; and

(c)    how much money the Food Reserve Agency borrowed for the purchase of maize in the 2009/2010 marketing season.

9     Colonel Chanda (Kanyama) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply what the current market rates of road works per kilometre under the following categories are:

(a)    construction and tarring of a Class I road;

(b)    heavy duty grading and gravelling with surface compacting;  and

(c)    simple grading of country roads.

10     Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a)    when the construction of the following schools started under the Basic Education Sector Investment Programme in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency will be completed:

(i)    Chisheta;    
(ii)    Moba;        
(iii)    Kaoma Makasa; and        
(iv)    Chinshinki; and

(b)    when the Government will rehabilitate Luminu Basic School.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr Chisanga

1     Thanks - His Excellency the President’s Address: That the thanks of this Assembly be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in His Excellency the President’s Address.