NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 22ND JANUARY, 2009

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

21 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services why Chilubi and Mpulungu Districts in Northern Province receive monthly grants of only K1 million for the support of vulnerable groups in spite of the large number of disadvantaged people.

22 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when the police officers manning the Musonda Falls Power Station in Bahati Parliamentary Constituency will be provided with shelter.

23 Mr Chimbaka (Bahati) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs what type and amount of ration a police officer on patrol duties is entitled to per week.

24 Mr Chisala (Chilubi) - to ask the Minister of Community Development and Social Services:

(a) whether the Government has any plans to merge the Departments of Community Development and Social Welfare at both provincial and district levels; and

(b) when the recruitment of both Community Development Assistants and Assistant Social Welfare Officers will  be decentralised.

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

(a) how much money was donated to the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) by the following organisations from 2005 to 2007, year by year:

(i) Friedrich Ebert Stiftung;
(ii) Lo-Norway;
(iii) International Labour Organisation (ILO);
(iv) American Labour Centre; and
(v) NIZA German Labour Centre; and

(b) what the purposes for the donations at (a) above were.

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

(a) when the Government will construct Ventilated Improved Pit latrines (VIPs) at the following markets in Chipili Parliamentary Constituency:

(i) Mwenda;
(ii) Musonda Falls; and
(iii) Chipili; and

(b) when construction of the Mwenda and the Musonda Falls markets will be completed.

27 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Education when the following community schools in Mfuwe Parliamentary Constituency will be turned into regular Government-run schools:

(i) Chitima Community School in Chief Mukungule’s area; and
(ii) Mwenda Community School in Chief Mpumba’s area.

28 Mr Malama (Mfuwe) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) how much the Government has so far spent on the procurement of vehicles for chiefs;

(b) how many chiefs have not yet received the vehicles at (a) above and when the remaining vehicles will be procured for them;

(c) whether the procurement of vehicles for chiefs is a loan to them and, if so, what the recovery period is; and

(d) if the vehicles are a loan to the chiefs, whether the Government will consider converting the loans into grants since chiefs do not receive salaries but monthly subsidies.

29 Mrs E M Banda (Chililabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when the Tiyende Pamodzi road in Chililabombwe Parliamentary Constituency will be tarred.

30 Mrs E M Banda (Chililabombwe) - to ask the Minister of Health when an x-ray machine and theatre equipment will be provided to Kakoso Health Centre in Chililabombwe Parliamentary Constituency in order to upgrade it to hospital status.

ORDER OF THE DAY

1 Thanks - His Excellency the President’s Address – Motion (20th January)
   - Resumption of Debate (Mr Sejani).