NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 16TH JANUARY, 2008

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

16 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) what the role of the Bursaries Committee is; and

(b) which committee selected the final applicants for studies in the People’s Republic of China in 2005 and 2006 since the Bursaries Committee was not involved in the selection exercise.

17 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when permanent immigration posts will be built in the following places in Mwinilunga East Parliamentary Constituency:

(i) Kamapanda Border Post in Chief Chibwika’s area; and
(ii) Kambimba in Chief Kakoma’s area.

18 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security:

(a) how many registered trade unions have failed to hold their biannual or quadrennial conferences;

(b) what reasons have been given for the failure to hold the conferences at (a) above; and

(c) what corrective measures the Ministry has taken to redress the situation.

19 Mr Mwangala (Nalolo) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) when the 315 former Bank of Zambia employees who were retrenched in 1994 will be paid their retrenchment packages;

(b) whether the retrenched former Bank of Zambia employees at (a) above, who are now deceased, will be paid through their surviving families; and

(c) what factors led to the delay in paying out the packages at (a) above.

20 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing what measures the Ministry has taken to ensure that uncompleted building structures in Lusaka are completed.

21 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how many fire tenders are currently owned by the Lusaka City Council; and

(b) what is the water capacity of the biggest and smallest fire tenders.

22 Mr Imasiku (Liuwa) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security:

(a) how many institutions contribute to NAPSA;

(b) how many NAPSA members qualified to receive their terminal benefits from 2001 to 2006, year by year;

(c) how many NAPSA members at (b) above have not received their terminal benefits;

(d) what was the average lump sum a member in the high, middle and low income brackets received in the period above; and

(e) what is the average monthly pension for the category of members at (d) above.

23 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) who is responsible for the maintenance of teachers’ houses in the following schools in Mufulira:

(i) Mufulira High School;
(ii) Mutamba Basic School; and
(iii) Central Basic School;

(b) how the maintenance of the houses at (a) above is done; and

(c) when the houses were last maintained.

24 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Vice-President whether there are any plans to transfer the issuance of work permits from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

25 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when a ring road will be constructed in Lusaka.

ORDER OF THE DAY

1 Thanks - His Excellency the President’s Address - Motion (15th January)
   - Resumption of Debate.