NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FIRST SESSION OF THE TWELFTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - FRIDAY, 16TH JUNE, 2017

AT 0900 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

257    Mr Lufuma (Kabompo) - to ask the Minister of Gender:

(a)    what measures the Government has taken to meet Sustainable Development Goal No. 5 on gender equality and women empowerment; and

(b)    what measures are planned for in 2017 so as to increase the female gender representation to 50% in key decision-making positions.

258    Mr Mutale (Chitambo) - to ask the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development when the construction of staff houses for Agricultural Camp Officers at the following camps in Chitambo District will commence:

(a)    Kasuko; and

(b)    Chipundu.

259    Mr S Tembo (Chadiza) - to ask the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development:

(a)    when the tarring of the following roads in Eastern Province will resume:

(i)    Chipata-Chadiza-Chanida; and
(ii)    Chadiza-Katete;

(b)    what the cost of each project is;

(c)    whether Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs) have been submitted by the contractors for each project and if so, how many had been submitted as of 31st January, 2017;

(d)    what the total amount of the IPCs for each project is; and

(e)    how much money had been paid against the IPCs for each project.

260    Mr S Miti (Feira) - to ask the Minister of Local Government:

(a)    when the rehabilitation of the following feeder roads in Feira Parliamentary Constituency will commence:

(i)    Kavalamanja;
(ii)    Luangwa Town-Amolo Village-Kavalamanja;
(iii)    Mphuka Turn Off-Janeiro Village;
(iv)    Mwavi Village-Mundela Village-Nyakachimba;
(v)    Mpona Turn Off-Sipopa Village; and
(vi)    Kaunga School Turn Off-Mukando Village-Chikokola Village;

(b)    what the cause of the delay in commencing the rehabilitation works is; and

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

261    Mr C Zulu (Luangeni) - to ask the Minister of Health:
        
(a)    whether the Government approves advertising the following in the media:

(i)    claims to cure HIV/AIDS;
(ii)    claims to enlarge male sexual organs; and
(iii)    claims to enlarge hips for females;

(b)    whether the claims have been verified;

(c)    if not, why the trend of disseminating misleading information has been allowed unabated; and

(d)    what measures are being taken to ensure that the public is not subjected to misleading information, thereby endangering their lives.

262    Dr Chanda (Bwana Mkubwa) - to ask the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock:

(a)    whether the Government has any plans to undertake livestock restocking programmes in Bwana Mkubwa Parliamentary Constituency;

(b)    if so, what the plans are; and

(c)    when implementation of the plans will commence.

263    Mr Sampa (Kasama Central) - to ask the Minister of Energy:

(a)    when Phase II of the Rural Electrification Programme in Kasama Central Parliamentary Constituency will commence;

(b)    whether all the schools in the Constituency will be electrified in order to, among others, enhance the learning of Information Communication Technology subjects; and

(c)    if not, why.

264    Mr Ng’onga (Kaputa) - to ask the Minister of General Education:
        
(a)    how many teachers were transferred from Kaputa District from January, 2015 to February, 2017;

(b)    what the main reasons for the transfers are;

(c)    whether the transferred teachers have been replaced; and

(d)    if not, when they will be replaced.

265    Mr Mutale (Chitambo) - to ask the Minister of General Education:

(a)    when the roof of a 1 x 2 classroom block at Mateyo Kakumbi Primary School in Chitambo Parliamentary Constituency, which was blown off in 2011, will be repaired;

(b)    what has caused the delay in repairing the roof; and

(c)    what the total cost of the repair works is.

266    Mr Chabi (Chipili) - to ask the Minister of Local Government:

(a)    when the construction of a market in Lunga District will commence;

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

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

NOTICE OF MOTION AND ORDER OF THE DAY

Mr Kalobo

Report of the Committee on Youth and Sport:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Youth and Sport, for the First Session of the Twelfth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 15th June, 2017.

1    Report of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Governance, Human Rights, Gender Matters and Child Affairs on the Address by His Excellency - Motion (14th June) - Resumption of debate.

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