NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 22ND JULY, 2009

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

295 Mr Mwiimbu (Monze) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives:

(a) how many metric tonnes of maize does the country expect to produce in the 2008/2009 marketing season;

(b) how much of the tonnage of maize expected at (a) above does the Government intend to purchase;

(c) what measures have been put in place to ensure that the Food Reserve Agency purchase all the maize that have been produced by our farmers; and

(d) what measures have been put in place to ensure that the Food Reserve Agency recommences the abandoned programme of purchasing maize throughout Zambia.

296 Dr Machungwa (Luapula) - to ask the Vice President and Minister of Justice:

(a) why the Government has declined to repeal Regulation 24 of Statutory Instrument No.28 of 1997 regarding the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control, which was declared to be ultra vires the principal Act CAP 204 by the Committee on Delegated Legislation and the House in 2006;

(b) what interest does the Government have in maintaining an illegal provision on the statute books; and

(c) when will the Government finally repeal the illegal provision referred to at (a) above.

297 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Vice President and Minister of Justice:

(a) how much money has been spent on the National Constitutional Conference as of December, 2008;

(b) what has been the mode of disbursement of the funds above; and

(c) how much money will be spent by the NCC by the time it winds up business.

298 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) whether the Ministry has any future plans for the development of Mwenda Fishing Camp in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency and, if so, what the plans are;

(b) when the fishing camp at (a) above will be electrified; and

(c) how much money it will cost to complete the electrification.

299 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) what the total number of GRZ vehicles at the following hospitals in Mpika District is:

   (i) Mpika District Hospital; and
   (ii) Chilonga Mission Hospital; and

(b) whether there is any specially designed vehicle for emergency cases in the following places in Mfuwe Parliamentary Constituency:

   (i) Kalimba in Chief Nabwalya’s area;
   (ii) Mabonga and Mpamazi in Chief Mpumba’s area; and
   (iii) Katibunga and Chobela in Chief Mukungule’s area.

300 Mr F R Tembo (Nyimba) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when construction of twenty (20) houses for police officers in Nyimba Parliamentary Constituency will commence.

301 Mr Mukanga (Kantanshi) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:

(a) how many vehicles used the Zambian roads from 2006 to 2008, year by year; and

(b) how many road traffic accidents occurred on the Zambian roads in the same period.

302 Mrs Musokotwane (Katombola) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply:

(a) when the Kafue Weigh Bridge will become operational;

(b) how much revenue has been lost due to the non-functioning of the weigh bridge above; and

(c) whether the Zambia National Service (ZNS) officers are still manning weigh bridges country-wide.

303 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing whether the Ministry has any plans to establish local authority ward offices along the lines of Parliamentary Constituency Offices to enable Ward Councillors discharge their duties more effectively.

304 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing whether there are any plans to tar streets in towns country-wide as was the case during the First Republic.

305 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives:

(a) which areas in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency have been identified for the construction of houses for agricultural officers in 2009;

(b) which places in the Constituency have been identified for the rehabilitation of the existing houses for agricultural officers; and

(c) how much money will the projects at (a) and (b) above cost.

306 Ms Kapata (Mandevu) - to ask the Minister of Health why the Government has introduced midwifery training without basic training in nursing as a pre-requisite, as is the standard practice in medicine.

307 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:

(a) what the status of the Konkola Copper Mines Plc smelter in the Chingola District is; and

(b) how many Indian nationals were employed at the smelter above as of 31st December, 2008.

308 Mr Kakusa (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when the sewer system in the following police camps will be rehabilitated:

   (i) Kasanda;
   (ii) Chowa; and
   (iii) Kabwe Central.

309 Mr Kasongo (Bangweulu) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport:

(a) whether any of the mobile phone service providers incurred losses during the period 9th September, 2000 to 9th
September, 2008 due to computer hacking;

(b) what the extent of the losses at (a) was; and

(c) what measures have been taken to prevent such losses in future.

310 Mr Msichili (Kabushi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when the Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company will lay new water and sewer pipes in the following wards in Kabushi Parliamentary Constituency:

   (i) Kaloko;
   (ii) Main Masala; and
   (iii) Toka.

PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILL

The Vice President and Minister of Justice

The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) - Bill to amend the Constitution of Zambia.      (N.A.B. 22/2009)

NOTICE OF MOTION

Dr Chishimba

Development of an Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy:  That this House urges the Government to develop an Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy to interface with other modern knowledge systems and sectors to increase the rate of innovation.