NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIFTH SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER – THURSDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 2016

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

330    Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Justice:

(a)    what progress has been made on the holding of the referendum, to amend the Bill of Rights, simultaneously with the general elections on 11th August, 2016; and

(b)    whether the public has been educated on the referendum, considering that such an exercise has not been held in Zambia in a long time.

331    Mr Namulambe (Mpongwe) - to ask the Minister of Tourism and Arts:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to degazette the Game Management Area in Chief Machiya’s area in Mpongwe Parliamentary Constituency;

(b)    if so, when the plans will be implemented; and

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

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

W17    Mr Mbewe (Chadiza) - to ask the Minister of General Education:

(a)    how many times the Zambian education curricula for primary and secondary schools have been revised from 1964 to-date;

(b)    what the rationale for the revisions at each stage was; and

(c)    what subjects were affected by the revisions.

NOTICE OF MOTION AND ORDERS OF THE DAY

The Minister of Finance

Increase Amount Outstanding at Any One Time on Domestic and External Loans: That, in terms of sections 3 and 15 of the Loans and Guarantees (Authorisation) Act, Chapter 366 of the Laws of Zambia, this House authorises the Minister of Finance to increase by Statutory Instrument:

(i)    the maximum amount outstanding at any one time on external loans raised outside the Republic and payable over a period of more than one year from sixty billion kwacha to one hundred and sixty billion kwacha;

(ii)    the maximum amount outstanding at any one time on domestic loans raised within the Republic and payable over a period of not more than one year from thirteen billion kwacha to thirty billion kwacha;

(iii)    the maximum amount outstanding at any one time on domestic loans raised within the Republic and payable over a period of more than one year from twenty billion kwacha to forty billion kwacha;

(iv)    the total contingent liability at any one time in respect of guarantees given in terms of section 14 of the Loans and Guarantees (Authorisation) Act, Chapter 366 of the Laws of Zambia to persons ordinarily resident outside Zambia, from five billion kwacha to fifty billion kwacha; and

(v)    the total contingent liability at any one time in respect of guarantees given in terms of section 14 of the Loans and Guarantees (Authorisation) Act, Chapter 366 of the Laws of Zambia to persons ordinarily resident in Zambia from two billion kwacha to thirty billion kwacha.

1    The Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Bill                                           (N.A.B. 1/2016)
                                                                                                                              Second Reading      

2    The Movable Property (Security Interest) Bill                                             (N.A.B. 26/2015)
                                                                                                                               Third Reading