NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - FRIDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 2008

AT 0900 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

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

(a) how many high schools were constructed in the Luapula Province from 2001 to 2007;

(b) which contractors were engaged to construct the schools at (a) above; and

(c) how much was spent on the above projects.

130 Dr Kalumba (Chienge) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) how many departments of the Ministry are based in Chienge District;

(b) how many departments of the Ministry are located in Nchelenge but are supposed to be based in Chienge; and

(c) how many times departmental officers of the Ministry located in Nchelenge have made supervisory and field trips to Chienge in the last twelve months.

131 Mr Chanda (Kankoyo) - to ask the Minister of Education whether the Ministry has plans to sell the teachers’ houses in the mine school and Tangatta Teachers’ Compound in Kankoyo Parliamentary Constituency to sitting tenants.

132 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Justice:

(a) how much money was raised by the Sheriff of Zambia in the form of commission or execution fees in the following years:

(i) 2001 to 2005; and
(ii) 2006 to 2007;

(b) how the money was accounted for; and

(c) whether the Government has any plans to review the Sheriff’s Act so as to provide for the Sheriff’s fees and costs to be recovered after the plaintiff’s principal sum has been paid.

133 Mr C K Banda (Chasefu) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) whether the Ministry has re-designed the Chipata-Lundazi road and, if so, whether funds to resurface the road have been sourced; and

(b) when works on the road will commence.

134 Mr I Banda (Lumezi) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources:

(a) how many forestry plantations are in the Eastern Province and what their names are;

(b) how many hectares of trees at (a) above were harvested from 2004 to 2006, year by year;

(c) how many trees are planted each year in the plantations at (a) above;

(d) how much money the Government has realised from the sale of timber harvested from the plantations in the Eastern Province from 2004 to date; and

(e) whether there are any plans to establish new plantations in other parts of the Eastern Province.

135 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:

(a) how many second hand or used motor vehicles were imported into Zambia from 2001 to 2007, year by year;

(b) what measures the Government has taken to regulate the use of defective motor vehicles on Zambian roads;

(c) what penalty is imposed on users of defective motor vehicles to deter them from doing so.

136 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when police posts in Nangoma Parliamentary Constituency will be provided with vehicles for their operations.

137 Mr Hamududu (Bweengwa) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development when the economically viable area from Monze to Niko will be electrified under the Rural Electrification Programme.

138 Mr Chazangwe (Choma Central) - to ask the Minister of Health what measures have been taken to improve the staffing levels of medical doctors, nurses and other general workers in health institutions in the Southern Province, in general, and Choma Parliamentary Constituency, in particular.

ORDER OF THE DAY

1 Supply - Motion (25th January) - Resumption of Debate - (Mr E C Mwansa).