NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - FRIDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER, 2008

AT 0900 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

486 Mr P P Chanda (Kankoyo) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) how many of the following medical personnel worked as expatriates in Zambia from 2006 to-date:

(i) doctors;
(ii) nurses; and
(iii) consultants; and

(b) under which hospitals and areas of speciality the medical personnel at  (a) above operated.

487 Mr P P Chanda (Kankoyo) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how many fire tenders are in each of the following towns:

(i) Lusaka;
(ii) Kabwe;
(iii) Ndola;
(iv) Kitwe;
(v) Kasama; and
(vi) Mufulira;

(b) how often the fire tenders at (a) above are serviced and by who;

(c) how many lives, were lost in the fires recorded in the towns at (a) above from 2000 to 2008;

(d) out of the total number of fatalities at (c) above, how many were  firemen and  women; and

(e) how often firemen and women are sent on refresher courses.

488 Mr Kasongo (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources:

(a) which Zambian industries have adverse effects on the environment;

(b) what measures the Government has taken to tackle the increasing deterioration in the quality of the environment through charcoal burning in the rural areas; and

(c) how much money has been spent on combating the above situation.

489 Mr Kasongo (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security what policies and labour laws the Government intends to deploy in order to reduce conflict of interest between the local people and the migrant workers in Zambia’s emerging mining areas such as Lumwana and Kansanshi.

490 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services:

(a) why radio coverage is poor in the rural areas; and

(b) when the Ministry will resolve the problem at (a) above.

491 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) when police camps in Zambia will be rehabilitated;

(b) whether there was any rehabilitation programme for police camps in Zambia as of December, 2007; and

(c) what percentage of police officers live outside police camps country-wide.

492 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Health when Chisheta Rural Health Post in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency will be rehabilitated.

493 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Health when a radio communication system will be provided at Musalango Rural Health Centre in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency.

494 Mr Chisanga (Mkushi South) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when the Old Mkushi/Chingombe road in Mkushi South Parliamentary Constituency will be graded.

495 Mr Chisanga (Mkushi South) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) when Mboroma Police Station in Mkushi South Parliamentary Constituency  will be provided with a motor vehicle; and

(b) what measures the Government will take to reduce the murders being committed by criminals in Luano Valley in Mkushi South Parliamentary Constituency.

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

The Acting Leader of Government Business

Suspension of Standing Orders:  That Standing Orders 20 and 21(1), if necessary, and Standing Order 101 be suspended to enable the House to complete all business on the Order Paper and all matters arising therefrom and that, on such completion, the House do adjourn sine die.

Mr B Y Mwila

Report of the Public Accounts Committee:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Public Accounts Committee, on the Report of the Auditor-General for 2006, on the Accounts of Parastatal Bodies, for the Second Session of the Tenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 24th November, 2008.