Wednesday, 18th June, 2014

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 18TH JUNE, 2014

                                                                           AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

462    Mr Mutale (Kwacha) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to include sport in the primary and secondary school curriculum and, if so, when the plans will be implemented; and

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

463    Mr Nkombo (Mazabuka Central) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)    why a school was closed in Zambezi East Parliamentary Constituency following the introduction of local languages as a medium of instruction for Grades 1 to 4;

(b)    what measures the Government has taken to ensure that what happened in Zambezi East Parliamentary Constituency does not occur in other parts of the country; and

(c)    what intervention the Ministry has made in order to realise its policy of introducing local languages in schools.

464    Mr Kapyanga (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting:

(a)    how many media houses in Zambia have produced documentaries on the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Conference that was co-hosted by Zambia and Zimbabwe in August, 2013;

(b)    why few stories have been written about the event; and

(c)    whether the media participation prior to and after the event was adequate.

465    Mrs Mazoka (Pemba) - to ask the Minister of Health when medical personnel will be deployed to Hajamba Clinic in Pemba District.

466    Mr Kapyanga (Kabwe Central) - to ask the Minister of Tourism and Art:

(a)    whether the training offered in the tourism industry is of international standard; and

(b)    if not, what measures have been taken to improve the standards.

467    Mr Chipungu (Rufunsa) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    when works on the following roads in Rufunsa Parliamentary Constituency under the Link Zambia 8000 Road Project will commence:

(i)    Great East Road-Shikabeta-Lunsemfwa to Mkushi District Headquarters; and

(ii)    Chomba-Shikabeta; and

(b)    what the estimated cost of the two projects is.

468    Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock when construction of dip-tanks in rural areas will commence as promised by the Government.

469    Mr Mwanza (Solwezi West) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to construct an all weather feeder road from Wamafwa to Ifumba in Solwezi West Parliamentary Constituency;

(b)    if so, when construction will commence; and

(c)    what the estimated cost of the project is.

470    Mr Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a)    what the total indebtedness of the University of Zambia (UNZA) was, as of December, 2013;

(b)    what practical steps the Government has taken to liquidate the debt;

(c)    whether the UNZA management has the capacity to manage the finances of the Institution prudently; and

(d)    what the long term solutions to the financial problems at UNZA are.

471    Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection what tangible benefits Zambia has gained from the Copenhagen Accord on Climate Change.

472     Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs what measures the Government has taken to promote the country’s image within the international community.

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

(a)    when the construction of the Musele-Katuta-Sobingi Road in Lupososhi Parliamentary Constituency will commence;

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

(c)    what the time-frame for the completion of the project is.

474    Mr Mucheleka (Lubansenshi) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication why the Kasama Airport runway has not been rehabilitated despite funds being allocated in the 2011 and 2012 budgets.

475    Mr Mwila (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs:

(a)    when the Government will recognise Chief Mutipula of Chipili District;

(b)    what has caused the delay in recognising the Chief; and

(c)    what the stipulated time-frame for recognising a Chief is.

476    Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Finance:

(a)    what the total monthly wage bill for the Bank of Zambia is; and

(b)    how much money, in form of loans, was disbursed to the Bank staff from 2012 to 2013, year by year.    

PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILL

The Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication

The Zambia Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Bill to provide for the establishment of the Zambia Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and provide for its powers and functions; constitute the National Council for the Institute and provide for its functions and powers; provide for the qualifications for membership of the Institute; provide for the registration of members to practice as logisticians or transportants; provide for the constitution of the Disciplinary Committee and other committees of the Institute; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.                                      (N.A.B. 1/2014)

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr Simbao

Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to scrutinise the Presidential appointment of Hon Justice Roydah Mwanakulya Chinungi Kaoma and Mr Mumba Malila, SC, to serve as Supreme Court Judges and Hon Judge Mwamba Chanda, Mr Lishomwa Nawa Muuka, Ms Yvonne Chembe and Mrs Mwila Chibwe-Kombe to serve as High Court Judges, for the Third Session of the Eleventh National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 10th June, 2014.