NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 3RD JULY, 2014

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

544 Mr A D Mbewe (Chadiza) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock:

(a) whether the Government is aware that tobacco farmers from different parts of the country have been stranded with their crop in Lusaka since April, 2014, because tobacco merchants have declined to purchase the crop from independent farmers;

(b) why the tobacco merchants have declined to purchase the 2013/2014 crop from the affected farmers;

(c) what assistance Government will render to the farmers in terms of finding a market for them as a matter of urgency; and

(d) what the future of tobacco farming in Zambia is.

545 Mr Mutale (Kwacha) - to ask the Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health:

(a) when Bulangililo Health Centre in Kwacha Parliamentary Constituency will begin to operate for 24 hours a day;

(b) whether the Government has any plans to construct a maternity wing at the Health Centre;

(c) if so, what the estimated cost of constructing the wing is;

(d) when the construction will commence; and

(e) if there are no such plans, why.

546 Mr Mbulakulima (Chembe) - to ask the Minister of Finance:

(a) what the Kwacha to the US Dollar rate was at the time of the introduction of The Bank of Zambia (Monitoring of Balance of Payments) Regulations, SI No. 55 of 2013; and

(b) what positive effects the implementation of these regulations have had on the Zambian Kwacha.

547 Mr Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Gender and Child Development:

(a) how many children were living on the streets of Lusaka and Kitwe as of December, 2013;

(b) what measures the Government has taken to reduce the number of street children; and

(c) how much money is required to be spent on the exercise in order to have all the children removed from the streets.

548 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when the Immigration Department in Mwinilunga District will be provided with transport.

549 Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a) when Kaputa Secondary School will begin to operate as a boarding school;

(b) how many Grade 8 and Grade 10 pupils have been enrolled at the School;

(c) how many pupils the School will accommodate once completed; and

(d) how many pupils the boarding facility will accommodate.

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

W27 Mr Lufuma (Kabompo West) - to ask the Minister of Community Development,
  Mother and Child Health:

(a) how many women clubs were empowered from 2011 to 2013, year by year in the following Provinces:

(i) North-Western;
(ii) Northern; and
(iii) Luapula;

(b) how many clubs at (a) were in Kabompo District, by name and by year; and

(c) what form of empowerment was provided to the clubs at (b).

W28 Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Vice President:
 
(a) what the voter turnout in the 2001, 2006 and 2011 general elections was;

(b) if the voter turnout decreased, what the reasons for the decrease were; and

(c) what measures the Government has taken to ensure an increased voter turnout in the future elections.

W29 Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational
  Training and Early Education:

(a) how may primary and secondary school teachers were recruited from 2011 to 2013, year by year;

(b) how many primary and secondary school teachers were posted to Kaputa Parliamentary Constituency in the same period, year by year;

(c) of the teachers posted, how many took up their positions;

(d) how many teachers were transferred from the Constituency in 2013 and 2014; and

(e) what the reasons for teachers being transferred from the Constituency are.

NOTICE OF MOTIONS AND ORDER OF THE DAY

Mr Pande

Report of the Committee on Information and Broadcasting Services:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Information and Broadcasting Services, for the Third Session of the Eleventh National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 23rd June, 2014.

Ms Lubezhi

Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, for the Third Session of the Eleventh National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 23rd June, 2014.

1 Report of the Committee on Education, Science and Technology: – Motion (2nd July)
  – Resumption of Debate – (Mr Lufuma, MP).