NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIFTH SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER – WEDNESDAY, 17TH FEBRUARY, 2016

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

292    Mr Sichula (Nakonde) - to ask the Minister of Justice when Local Court Magistrates will be deployed to Shemu Local Court in Nakonde Parliamentary Constituency.

293    Mr Lufuma (Kabompo West) - to ask the Minister of Transport and Communication:

(a)    whether the Government has signed the North-Western Railway Concession;

(b)    if not, when the Government will sign the Concession; and

(c)    when construction of the railway line will commence.

294    Mr Namulambe (Mpongwe) - to ask the Minister of Defence:
    
(a)    whether the Government has any plans to deploy military personnel along the Zambia-Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) border, considering that DRC has military personnel manning their side of the border; and

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

295    Mr Shuma (Malambo) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:
        
(a)    how many boreholes were sunk in Malambo Parliamentary Constituency in 2015;

(b)    how many boreholes are earmarked for sinking in 2016;

(c)    when the sinking of the boreholes will commence;

(d)    how many boreholes and wells are earmarked for rehabilitation in the same period; and

(e)    when the exercise at (d) will commence.

296    Mr Ndalamei (Sikongo) - to ask the Minister of General Education:
        
(a)    when the construction of classroom blocks at the following primary schools in Sikongo Parliamentary Constituency will be completed:

(i)    Ngombe;

(ii)    Nene;

(iii)    Likaka; and

(iv)    Nakapungu; and

(b)    When the construction of a 1x2 classroom block at Simbuu Primary School will commence.
    
297    Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of General Education:

(a)    why primary school children are required to pay user fees; and

(b)    whether the Government has any plans to regulate the user fees set by schools so that pupils from vulnerable families are not disadvantaged.

298    Mr Chansa (Chimbamilonga) - to ask the Minister of Transport and         
        Communication:

(a)    what measures the Government has taken to promote safe water transport on Lake Tanganyika;

(b)    whether the Government has any plans to procure a passenger vessel on the Lake to operate between Mpulungu and Nsama Districts; and

(c)    if so, when the vessel will be procured.

299    Mr Mbewe (Chadiza) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a)    how much money, on average, is collected daily from the Lusaka City Market, in form of levies, from traders in farm produce;

(b)    whether the Government has any plans to control the vending of farm produce on streets in Lusaka; and

(c)    what measures the Government has taken to curb the illegal meat vending in the markets in Lusaka.

300    Mr Shuma (Malambo) - to ask the Minister of Works and Supply when the following bridges in Malambo Parliamentary Constituency will be rehabilitated:

(a)    Lupande Bridge on the Mnkhanya-Msoro road;

(b)    Lusandwa North Bridge across Lusandwa River in Msoro area;

(c)    Lupande Bridge across Lupande River in Nsefu area;

(d)    Msandire Bridge in Nsefu area; and

(e)    Mtetezi Bridge on Nyakatokoli road in Msoro area.
        
301    Mr Mutale (Kwacha) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing what infrastructure development is planned for the “New Kitwe” area in Chantente Ward in Kwacha Parliamentary Constituency, considering that the construction of the Mufuchani Bridge is nearing completion.

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

W13    Mr Mbewe (Chadiza) - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting:
        
(a)    how much money, as television levies, the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) collected from January, 2013 to June, 2015;

(b)    how much money, in grants, the Government disbursed to ZNBC in the same period;

(c)    how the monies above were utilised; and

(d)    when ZNBC will become financially self-reliant.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr Mweetwa

Amend the Public Order Act:  That this House urges the Government to amend the Public Order Act, Chapter 113 of the Laws of Zambia, to align it to the Bill of Rights.

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