NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 19TH JUNE, 2014

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

477    Mr Kapyanga (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    whether the conference facilities at the Government Complex in Lusaka are fully utilised;

(b)    how many events took place at the Complex from January, 2012 to December, 2013; and

(c)    how much money was raised from the events.

478    Mr Mbulakulima (Chembe) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to abolish the Farmer Input Support Programme and, if so, when the plans will be effected; and

(b)    if the Programme will be retained, whether the Government has any plans to increase the number of bags of fertilizer allocated to farmers.

479    Mr Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Vice President:

(a)    how many people have been employed by the Public Service Commission to be stationed in Chipili District;

(b)    where the recruitment was conducted; and

(c)    how many people have been employed from Chipili District.

480    Mr Ndalamei (Sikongo) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    why construction of staff houses at Mabua and Mutala Health Posts in Sikongo Parliamentary Constituency has stalled; and

(b)    when the project will be completed.

481    Mr Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Finance:

(a)    how much money, in terms of internal and external loans, the Government contracted from January 2012 to December, 2013;

(b)    what the effect of the loans on the economy is; and

(c)    how much interest had accrued on the loans as of January, 2014.

482    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    who the contractor for the North-West Rail Project is; and

(b)    what support the Government is providing to ensure the project is successful.

483    Mr Bwalya (Lupososhi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a)    when the following grants will be disbursed to Luwingu District Council:

(i)    the general purposes grant;
(ii)    the restructuring grant for retirees;
(iii)    the service provision grant; and
(iv)    the grant in lieu of rates; and

(b)    how often the grants are disbursed to the Council.

484    Mr Simbao (Senga Hill) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)    what Government policy on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is;

(b)    why the Government has allowed the importation of GMO food products such as corn flakes, polony and tinned beans; and

(c)    what other GMO foods and stock feed have been allowed on the Zambian market.

485    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication when bridges will be constructed across Chisanga and Mujila Rivers on the road from Chief Kakoma’s area to the newly constructed Kambimba Border Post in Mwinilunga Parliamentary Constituency.

486    Mr Chishimba (Kamfinsa) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a)    when funds for the construction of Ndeke Village Hospital in Kitwe will be released;

(b)    what the estimated cost of the project is;

(c)    who the contractor for the project is; and

(d)    what the time-frame for the project is.

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Mr Hamududu

Report of the Committee on Estimates:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Estimates, for the Third Session of the Eleventh National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 3rd June, 2014.

Mr Hamudulu

Report of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Energy and Labour:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Energy and Labour, for the Third Session of the Eleventh National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 13th June, 2014.