NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY, 2009

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

74 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development when the rebuilding of the collapsed walls of Kaole Stadium will commence.

75 Mrs E M Banda (Chililabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security what percentages of citizens in relation to the total population are in the following categories:

  (i) formal employment;
  (ii) informal employment; and
  (iii) unemployed.

76 Mr Simuusa (Nchanga) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when Luano and Kamuchanga bridges in Nchanga Parliamentary Constituency will be rehabilitated.

77 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Education:

(a) what appropriate disciplinary action a supervising officer should take on a head teacher who misappropriates school fees; and

 (b) how long should a teacher be stationed at a particular school    before being eligible for a transfer.

78 Mr D Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources:

 (a) why Government took over the US$9 million loan which the Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation
      Limited (ZAFFICO) obtained from the World Bank;

(b) what the original purpose for obtaining the loan at (a) above was;

(c) how the loan was utilised;

(d) what the current financial status of ZAFFICO is; and

(e) whether the operations of the company have been adversely affected by the above debt.

79 Mrs E M Banda (Chililabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development what assistance, other than the Constituency Youth Development Fund, the Ministry has rendered to youths in various constituencies in the Copperbelt Province from 2006 to 2008.

80 Mr Simuusa (Nchanga) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Co- operatives:

(a) how much money was paid to the following companies per 50kg bag of Urea and “D” compound fertilizers as subsidy under the Fertiliser Support Programme during the 2008/2009 farming season:

(i) Omnia Fertilizer Limited; and
(ii) Nyiombo Investments Limited; and

(b) who the owners of the fertilizer companies above are.

81 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Communications and Transport why Vodacom, a mobile communications service provider, has not been allowed to operate in Zambia.

82 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources whether the Government has any plans to restore soil fertility in the following wards in Chilubi Parliamentary Constituency and, if so, how:

(i) Kashitu;
(ii) Kambashi;
(iii) Kapoka;
(iv) Kawena;
(v) Katamba;
(vi) Kancindi;
(vii) Chinkundu;
(viii) Mpansha;
(ix) Mubemba; and
(x) Luangwa.

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

 (a) how much revenue the Government collected in the form of  taxes from the companies mining manganese in Luapula  Province from 2006 to 2008; and

 (b) whether the mining companies at (a) above have paid the windfall tax which the Government introduced in 2008.

ORDER OF THE DAY

1 Supply - Motion (30th January) - Resumption of Debate (Mr Mwenya).