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Tuesday, 5th August, 2008
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA
SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY
ORDER PAPER - TUESDAY, 5TH AUGUST, 2008
AT 1430 HOURS
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
214 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Health whether screening for HIV/AIDS in high schools is done and, if so, whether it is compulsory.
215 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:
(a) whether the Government is aware that the recent 26 per cent increase in domestic electricity tariffs by ZESCO is too high for a common Zambian; and
(b) if so, what measures the Government has taken to cushion the poor majority in Zambia who are adversely affected by the sudden huge increase in electricity tariffs.
216 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Justice:
(a) how many legal cases did the Government lose from 2001 to 2007; and
(b) how much was spent on the following in the same period above:
(i) legal fees; and
(ii) compensation.
217 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:
(a) how much was owed to the Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Zamtel) from 2001 to 2007 by the following Government institutions:
(i) Ministry of Education;
(ii) Ministry of Health;
(iii) Ministry of Labour and Social Security;
(iv) Ministry of Home Affairs;
(v) Ministry of Defence; and
(vi) Ministry of Lands; and
(b) how much was owed to Zamtel by the following companies in the same period above:
(i) Ndola Lime Company Limited;
(ii) ZCCM Investment Holding Plc;
(iii) Mpelembe Drilling Company Limited;
(iv) Kagem Mining Limited; and
(v) Scaw Limited.
218 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources:
(a) how much garbage/solid waste Zambia generates annually;
(b) how much of the garbage/solid waste generated in Lusaka from 2005 to 2007 was disposed of in accordance with the laid down procedures;
(c) how much bio-degradable solid waste was used as biomass fuel from 2005 to 2007; and
(d) how much of the following waste was recycled from 2005 to 2007:
(i) paper;
(ii) glass;
(iii) tin;
(iv) plastic; and
(v) rubber.
219 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Health what the total number of ambulances in serviceable condition in Government health institutions was from 2002 to 2007.
220 Major Chibamba (Shiwang’andu) - to ask the Minister of Education:
(a) what measures the Government has taken to ensure that the following schools being constructed in Shiwang’andu Parliamentary Constituency are completed using portal frames:
(i) Mukungwa Basic School;
(ii) Kantimba Basic School;
(iii) Bwalya Chokwe Basic School; and
(iv) Chabola Basic School; and
(b) when the sinking of boreholes at Kantimba and Bwalya Chokwe Basic Schools will be completed.
221 Major Chibamba (Shiwang’andu) - to ask the Minister of Health when nurses’ hostels at the following hospitals will be rehabilitated:
(i) Kasama General Hospital;
(ii) University Teaching Hospital;
(iii) Ndola Central Hospital;
(iv) Chinsali Distict Hospital;
(v) Kabwe General Hospital;
(vi) Lewanika General Hospital in Mongu; and
(vii) Livingstone General Hospital.
222 Mr Kapeya (Mpika Central) - to ask the Minister of Education how many basic schools are being considered for upgrading to high school status in Mpika District from 2008 to 2010.
223 Mr Kapeya (Mpika Central) - to ask the Minister of Justice:
(a) how many times the Zambia Institute for Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) has nullified examinations since its inception;
(b) what have been the causes of the nullification of the examinations at (a) above;
(c) what remedial measures have been taken in order to minimise the nullifications at (a) above; and
(d) what led to the removal of senior Judges from lecturing at ZIALE in May, 2007.
224 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:
(a) when the Ministry will disburse funds for the Community Development Office in Mwense District; and
(b) when the office at (a) above was last funded.
225 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:
(a) how many old people’s homes are currently in the country, province by province; and
(b) when a policy for the aged or senior citizens will be formulated.
226 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:
(a) how many of the following Government assets were declared obsolete in 2005 and 2006:
(i) motor vehicles;
(ii) office furniture;
(iii) office equipment; and
(iv) earth-moving equipment; and
(b) how the above assets were disposed of.
227 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services how many blind people were employed in Government service in 1980 and in 2006 and in what jobs.
228 Mr Kapeya (Mpika Central) - to ask the Minister of Education which institutions of higher learning in the SADC region are recognised by the Zambian Government.
229 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:
(a) how many of the following aids for the disabled were imported from 2002 to 2006:
(i) canes for the blind;
(ii) wheel chairs;
(iii) artificial limbs; and
(iv) hearing aids;
(b) what the total cost of the above items was;
(c) how many of the above aids were locally produced and by which institutions during the above years; and
(d) out of the total of the imported and locally produced aids above, how many were bought by the Government and how they were distributed, province by province.
230 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning what Zambia’s gini-coefficient (the measure of income inequality in a country) was in the following years:
(i) 2004;
(ii) 2005;
(iii) 2006; and
(iv) 2007.
231 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security:
(a) when district labour officers were last provided with transport; and
(b) when these officers will be provided with transport.
232 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry:
(a) in which regional and international trade, agricultural and commercial fairs was Zambia represented from 2005 to 2007 and by which firms;
(b) what the role of the Government in the representation at (a) above was; and
(c) how many Government officials and from which ministries participated in the fairs above.
233 Mr Lubinda (Kabwata) - to ask the Minister of Lands:
(a) when and by which Government department or agency the land adjacent to Forest 26, south of Chilenje in Lusaka, was demarcated into plots;
(b) how many plots were demarcated;
(c) when and how the residential plots were advertised;
(d) how many applications were received and when were the interviews conducted; and
(e) which Government department or agency conducted the interviews.