NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 4TH MARCH, 2009

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

169 Mr P P Chanda (Kankoyo) -  to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(a) how many road blocks are mounted throughout the country; and

(b) how many of the roadblocks above operate for 24 hours a day.

170 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Energy and Water Development:

(a) when the Government will complete the electrification of Kanshimba Basic School in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency;

(b) what the estimated cost of completing the electrification exercise at (a) above is; and

(c) what caused the delay in completing the exercise above.

171 Mr C K Banda (Chasefu) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) when a high school will be constructed at Emusa in Chasefu Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b) when the dilapidated structures at Lundazi Secondary School in Lundazi Parliamentary Constituency will be rehabilitated.

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

(a) when the Government will recapitalise Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ);

(b) what the total indebtedness of NCZ is;

(c) who the shareholders of NCZ are;

(d) whether any dividends were paid to the Government from 2006 to 2008 and, if so, how much, year by year;

(e) what the total salary arrears for all the workers at NCZ are; and

(f) when the salary arrears at (e) above will be cleared.

173 Mr C K Banda (Chasefu) - to ask the Minister of Education when the Government will electrify the following education institutions considering that the ZESCO power lines are close to them:

(i) Msuzi Basic School;
(ii) Kapiri Middle Basic School;
(iii) Chijemu Basic School;
(iv) Kamunyunga Basic School;
(v) Kapichila Basic School;
(vi) Chilola Basic School;
(vii) Mwase High School;
(viii) Lusuntha High School; and
(ix) Chiginya Basic School.

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

W12 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry:

(a) how much foreign investment, in United States dollars, companies from the following countries brought to Zambia
 from 2006 to 2007, sector by sector:

(i) India;
(ii) China; and
(iii) South Korea; and

(b) how many jobs were created from the investment at (a) above during the same period, sector by sector.

W13 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Finance and National Planning:

(a) how much money the Government owed the following institutions for the supply of water and other services as of 31st December, 2008:

(i) Nkana Water and Sewerage Company;
(ii) Mulonga Water and Sewerage Company;
(iii) Southern Water and Sewerage Company; and
(iv) Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company;

(b) in which period the above debts were incurred by the Government, company by company; and

(c) how the debts have affected the operations of the companies at (a) above.

W14 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Health how much money the Government spent on combating the following diseases from 2007 to 2008 country-wide:

(i) Malaria;
(ii) Tuberculosis;
(iii) Meningitis;
(iv) Cancer;
(v) Renal failure;
(vi) Diabetes; and
(vii) High and Low Blood Pressure.

W15 Mr Kambwili (Roan) - to ask the Minister of Education how much money was owed to ZESCO and Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company in utility bills from 2007 to 2008 by the following schools:

(i) Mpatamatu High School;
(ii) Nkulumashiba High School;
(iii) Twashuka High School;
(iv) Roan Antelope High School;
(v) Nkamba Basic School;
(vi) Fisansa Basic School;
(vii) Kafubu Basic School;
(viii) Nkulumashiba Basic School;
(ix) Mwaiseni Basic School;
(x) Roan Basic School;
(xi) Chaisa Basic School; and
(xii) Kansumbi Basic School.

NOTICE OF MOTION AND ORDER OF THE DAY

Mr Kasongo

Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee Appointed to Scrutinise the Presidential Appointment of Mr Nigel Kalonde Mutuna as Puisne Judge, for the Third Session of the Tenth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 3rd March, 2009.

1 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure (Including Capital and Constitutional and Statutory Expenditure):
Committee of Supply: Resumption of Debate:
(Head 26/03: under consideration): Mr D Mwila).

Heads 31/01, 31/02, 31/03, 31/04, 31/07, 27/01, 27/02, 27/03, 27/04, 27/05, 27/06, 34/01, 44/01, 44/02, 44/03, 44/04, 44/05 and 44/06 - for consideration.

KEY TO HEADS OF EXPENDITURE

Head 26 - Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services
Head 31 - Ministry of Justice
Head 27 - Public Service Management Division
Head 34 - Human Rights Commission
Head 44 - Ministry of Labour and Social Security