Wednesday, 5th March, 2014

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - WEDNESDAY, 5TH MARCH, 2014

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

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

(a) how much money was held in foreign reserves at the Bank of Zambia from 2010 to 2013, year by year; and

(b) whether the Government is satisfied with the levels of the foreign reserves.

398 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication when the following areas will be serviced with mobile phone network:

(a) all the Wards in Nangoma Parliamentary Constituency; and

(b) Chief Ngabwe’s area in Kapiri Mposhi Parliamentary Constituency.

399 Mr Mwanza (Solwezi West) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a) when a university will be constructed in the North-Western Province; and

(b) where it will be located.

400 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry:

(a) what the progress on the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle has been, from inception to-date; and

(b) what benefits have accrued to Zambia.

401 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication when the Government will rehabilitate the road from Lumwana West through Chief Kakoma to Kambimba Border Post in Mwinilunga Parliamentary Constituency.

402 Mr Miyanda (Mapatizya) - to ask the Vice President:

(a) whether the Government has any plans to improve the living standards of the people of Kanyanga, Njabalombe and Simalundu Resettlement Schemes which were established in 1959 in Chief Simwatachela’s area in Mapatizya Parliamentary Constituency;

(b what benefits the people of the areas at (a) have derived from the construction of the Kariba Dam which caused their displacement; and

(c) who relocated the people at (a) from the Zambezi Valley to Chief Simwatachela’s area which is more than 130 km away from the Valley.

403 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Health when the Government will provide sufficient beddings at the University Teaching Hospital.

404 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection whether the Government has any plans to enact a different law to regulate the sale of customary land by chiefs and other traditional leaders.

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

(a) whether the Government has any plans to reintroduce the Housing Loan Schemes for Civil Servants;

(b) if there are no such plans, why; and

(c) what plans, if any, the Government has for Civil Servants who did not benefit from the sale of Government houses.

406 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs when the Government will construct a police post in Lumwana West in Chief Sailunga’s area in Mwinilunga Parliamentary Constituency.

ORDER OF THE DAY

1 The Service Commission (Amendment) Bill   (N.A.B. 21/2013)
          Committee Stage