NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - FRIDAY, 24TH JULY, 2009

AT 0900 HOURS

HIS HONOUR THE VICE-PRESIDENT’S QUESTION TIME (30 MINUTES)

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

331 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing why most local authorities are failing to remit workers’ pension contributions to the Local Authorities Superannuation Fund.

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

(a) when a high school will be built in Mirundu in Mufulira District; and

(b) what criteria are used for a community to qualify for a high school.

333 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives whether the Ministry has any plans to introduce two planting seasons in the North-Western Province to enhance food security considering that the province is a high rainfall area which ranges from October to April.

334 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) which areas will benefit from the construction of markets in Luapula Province according to the 2009 annual work plan;

(b) how much money the above project will cost;

(c) when VIP toilets will be constructed in all markets in the Province; and

(d) whether the activity at (c) will be funded by the Government.

335 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:

(a) how many farm blocks under the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities are earmarked for rehabilitation in the 2009 annual work plan;

(b) how much money will be spent on the exercise above; and

(c) when the infrastructure above was last rehabilitated.

336 Mr Kakoma (Zambezi West) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development when electric power will be provided to the following places in Zambezi West Parliamentary Constituency to open them up to development:

(i) Chinyingi;
(ii) Kucheka; and
(iii) Chinyama Litapi.

337 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga East) - to ask the Minister of Defence what the current Government policy on senior defence personnel serving on contract is.

338 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) from which bilateral and multilateral lending institutions the country had most frequently been borrowing since 2002;
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(b) what the current external debt stock of the country is.

339 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Education how much money, in monthly grants, was given to basic schools in the following districts in 2007:

(i) Lusaka;
(ii) Kabwe;
(iii) Kitwe; and
(iv) Luanshya.

340 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how many roads will be worked on in Lusaka in 2009;

(b) when the works above will commence;

(c) how many of the roads in (a) above are in Mandevu Parliamentary Constituency; and

(d) how many bridges will be constructed across Ngwerere Stream in Mandevu Parliamentary Constituency.

341 Mr Mwango (Kanchibiya) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport what plans the Government has for controlling the high cost of public transport in Zambia.

342 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) how often educational authorities visit Kamwendo School in Mfuwe Parliamentary Constituency;

(b) when classroom blocks and teachers’ houses will be constructed at this school;

(c) what the total establishment of teachers at the school above is; and

(d) of the total establishment, how many positions were vacant as of 31st January, 2009.

343 Mrs Musokotwane (Katombola) - to ask the Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development when the training in project proposal writing skills will be extended to the youths in rural areas.

344 Mr Kasongo (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) what agricultural programmes were implemented after the Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (ASIP);

(b) what rural finance institutions exist to support disadvantaged farmers; and

(c) what appropriate agricultural credit schemes for crops other than maize exist with the support of the Ministry.

345 Mr Kakoma (Zambezi West) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a) whether the Government has any plans to sink boreholes in Zambezi West Parliamentary Constituency;

(b) what the total number of boreholes required to provide adequate safe and clean drinking water in the Constituency is;

(c) what the total cost of providing this number of boreholes is; and

(d) why the number of boreholes in the Constituency is low.

346 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) when the Government will tar the Mutomboko Ceremony Arena in Mwansabombwe; and

(b) how much money is required for this exercise.
   
347 Dr Katema (Chingola) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when the Government will assist Mulonga Water and Sewerage Company secure a loan at concessional rate from the African Development Bank to enable the Company overhaul the water reticulation system in Chingola.

348 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services when the Ministry will provide a grinding mill to Kamwendo Village so as to lessen the suffering of the villagers in that respect.

349 Mr Msichili (Kabushi) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development when the electrification of Kabushi township which stalled after the 2006 general elections will be completed.

350 Mr F R Tembo (Nyimba) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) how many cases of theft of fertiliser were reported during the 2008/2009 planting season country-wide;

(b) how many districts were affected by the thefts at (a); and

(c) how much money was involved in the theft cases above.