NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 7TH AUGUST, 2008

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

249 Mr Nkombo (Mazabuka) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources:

(a) how much revenue Zambia earned from the tourism industry from 2005 to 2007, year by year;

(b) how much the Government spent on advertising the country’s tourism potential through magazines and billboards in Europe and America in the period at (a) above; and

(c) how the country’s revenues from tourism compare with the other  countries in the sub-region.

250 Mr Mwangala (Nalolo) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:

(a) when the National Optic Fibre Cable will be extended to Mongu peri-urban areas such as Muoyo Royal Establishment, which is 40 kilometres away; and

(b) whether there are any plans to establish a Post Office at Muoyo Royal Palace Village to service the high population of about 10,000 people and vast infrastructure which include the Royal Palace and Government institutions.

251 Mrs Musokotwane (Katombola) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development when the Rural Electrification Programme will commence in Katombola Parliamentary Constituency.

252 Mr I Banda (Lumezi) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) when construction of the bridge across the Luangwa River on the Chama/Matumbo road will commence where some components of the bridge have been lying idle at the site since 2006; and

 (b) what the estimated cost of the bridge is.

253 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:

(a) what the current financial status of Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Zamtel) is; and

(b) how much money Zamtel paid to the Government as dividends from 2002 to 2007.

254 Ms Limata (Luampa) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many corruption cases have been dealt with in Kaoma District involving the following:

(i) CDF for Luampa Parliamentary Constituency;
(ii) Luampa Basic School;
(iii) Lui Basic School;
(iv) Mbanyulu Basic School; and
(v) Luampa Market; and

(b) when the individuals at (a) above, who were alleged to have misappropriated public funds from 2004 to 2006, will be arrested.

255 Dr Chishya (Pambashe) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) when a bridge will be constructed across the Pambashe River from Chief Mushota’s area to Chief Chama’s area in Pambashe Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b) when the Kawambwa/Luwingu road will be graded.

256 Mrs J N Phiri (Luanshya) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:

(a) who vandalised and looted the rails and slippers of the railway line  between Ndola and Luanshya;

 (b) whether the culprits at (a) above have been prosecuted; and

 (c) when the railway line at (a) above will be rehabilitated.

257 Mr E C Mwansa (Chifunabuli) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport when the following Islands on the Lake Bangweulu will be provided with dependable water transport:

(i) Mbabala;
(ii) Chishi; and
(iii) Chilubi.

258 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Health how many medical doctors and clinical officers are currently working in the country, province by province.

259 Major Chibamba (Shiwang’andu) - to ask the Minister of Health what emergency plans the Ministry has to save the Chinsali District Hospital building structures that have cracked severely and are a great  danger to the hospital staff, patients and other stakeholders.

260 Mr Mwapela (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources what measures the Ministry has taken to stop the mushrooming of foreign-owned saw mills which are responsible for the illegal cutting of timber through which the Government is losing much revenue.

261 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) when the Government will post a trained medical officer to Kakoma Rural Health Centre in Mwinilunga East Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b) when the solar system at the Rural Health Centre above will be rehabilitated.

262 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma)  - to ask the Minister of Health when new boreholes will be sunk at Nangoma Mission Hospital in Nangoma Parliamentary Constituency to replace the existing ones which do not have sufficient water.

263 Mr C K Banda (Chasefu) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) when the Ministry will construct dormitories for students at Kaulu High School in Petauke Central Parliamentary Constituency;

(b) when a proper science laboratory will be constructed at the school at (a) above; and

(c) when electricity supply or solar panels will be connected or    supplied to the above school.

PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILLS

The Minister of Home Affairs

The Anti-Human Trafficking – Bill to provide for the prohibition, prevention and prosecution of human trafficking; provide for the filing of and dealing with matters related to human trafficking; establish the Committee on Human Trafficking and provide for its powers and functions; establish centres for victims of human trafficking; establish the Human Trafficking Fund; domesticate the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime; and provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
(N.A.B. 11/2008)

The Minister of Finance and National Planning

The Public Procurement – Bill to continue the existence of the Zambia National Tender Board and rename it as the Zambia Public Procurement Authority; revise the law relating to procurement so as to ensure transparency and accountability in public procurement; regulate and control practices relating to public procurement in order to promote the integrity of, fairness and public confidence in, the procurement process; repeal and replace the Zambia National Tender Board Act, 1982; and provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
(N.A.B. 12/2008)

Mr Muteteka

Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee:  That, this House do adopt the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to scrutinise the Presidential appointment of Honourable Mr Justice Marvin Sitwala Mwanamwambwa to serve as Supreme Court Judge, for the Second Session of the Tenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 4th July, 2008.