NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 6TH AUGUST, 2008

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

234 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a) what the composition of the ZCCM Investment Holdings Board is;

(b) when the Board was constituted; and

(c) what the Board’s tenure of office is.

235 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) when the Carbon Tax on foreign registered vehicles entering Zambia was introduced;

(b) what the chargeable tax rate at the introduction of the Carbon Tax was and how it has progressed since then; and

(c) what the total collection or potential collection from Carbon Tax has been since its introduction, year by year.

236 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many refugees were investigated for aggravated robbery and murder in Zambia in 2007; and

(b) how many of the refugees at (a) above were prosecuted and how many were sentenced.

237 Mr Kapeya (Mpika Central) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many food suppliers have not been paid for the food they supplied to the Zambia Police Force from 2003 to-date; and

(b) how many of the suppliers at (a) above have been paid for the food they supplied from January, 2006 to-date.

238 Mr Kapeya (Mpika Central) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources:

(a) how many safari lodges are run by the following people in both National Parks and Game Management Areas country-wide:

  (i) Zambians; and
  (ii) Non-Zambians; and

(b) how much revenue the Government earns annually from the lodges at (a) above.

239 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Lands how many incidents of unnatural displacement of people occurred in Zambia between 2001 and 2006 and under what circumstances.

240 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Defence:

(a) how many international and regional peace-keeping missions Zambian soldiers were engaged in since 1964, with particular reference to those under the United Nations and the African Union; and

(b) on average, how many Zambian officers were involved in each of these missions.

241 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Education how often community schools in Lusaka are inspected.

242 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing how many boreholes have been sunk in Mandevu Parliamentary Constituency, ward by ward, and in which year.

243 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many school-going children were reported murdered using fire arms in Zambia in 2007;

(b) how many of the murderers at (a) above were arrested and convicted; and

(c) how many of the cases above were not investigated conclusively and what the obstacles in the investigations were.

244 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) how many endoscope machines were in a functional condition in Zambia as of 31st December, 2007;

(b) how many of the endoscope machines above were in Government health institutions and how many were in private hospitals; and

(c) how the number of the machines at (a) above compares with the total requirement of the country.

245 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Gender and Women in Development when legislation to remove gender gaps and inequalities in women education will be introduced for enactment by Parliament.

246 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what Zambia’s total internal and external debt stock was at the following times:

(i) December, 2006;
(ii) June, 2007; and
(iii) December, 2007.

247 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many road traffic accidents occurred at the Munali Hills stretch of the Kafue/Mazabuka high way from 2001 to 2007;

(b) how many of the accidents at (a) above were fatal and how many lives were lost;

(c) when a feasibility study was last carried out to make the stretch of the road at (a) above safer for road users; and

(d) what was the estimated cost of the study.

248 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when Chipili Police Post, in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency, will be provided with transport.

PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILL

The Minister of Finance and National Planning

The Supplementary Appropriation (2006) – Bill to confirm the supplementary expenditure of moneys aggregating three hundred and thirty-one billion, one hundred and forty three million, two hundred and thirty-four thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one Kwacha required for the services of the Republic during the financial year ended on 31st December, 2006.
(N.A.B. 9/2008)

NOTICE OF MOTION

The Vice-President

Death of Dr Chosani Alick Njobvu, MP:  That, this House do place on record its deepest regret at the sudden death of Dr Chosani Alick Njobvu, Member of Parliament for Milanzi Parliamentary Constituency, together with its appreciation of his distinguished and patriotic service to this country and the people of Zambia and that the deepest sympathies and condolences of the National Assembly be conveyed to his family.