Thursday, 20th February, 2014

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

THIRD SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 20TH FEBRUARY, 2014

AT 1430 HOURS

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

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

(a) when the Mumbezhi Bridge, which connects Senior Chief Mukumbi’s Palace to Kalengelenge Border via Kalengelenge Basic School, will be rehabilitated;

(b) what has caused the delay in rehabilitating the Bridge; and

(c) what the estimated cost of rehabilitation is.

314 Mrs A M Chungu (Lufwanyama) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) when Lufwanyama District Hospital will be opened to the public; and

(b) why it has taken long to open the Hospital.

315 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a) whether the Government has any plans of tarring the Kasempa-Mumbwa Road;

(b) if there are such plans, who the contractor is; and

(c) when bridges will be built across the two rivers on the Kasempa-Mumbwa Road.

316 Mr Lombanya (Solwezi East) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

(a) whether the Government is aware that the Solwezi-Kipushi road in Solwezi East Parliamentary Constituency is in a deplorable state of disrepair;

(b) if so, when the road will be rehabilitated;

(c) whether the road is part of the 8000 Link Zambia Project; and

(d) if not, why it was left out of the Project.
 
317 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a) how long the process of upgrading the 220 basic schools to secondary schools country-wide will take;

(b) whether the process of upgrading the schools will result in interruption of service delivery;

(c) what will happen to the pupils in grades 1-7 at basic schools earmarked for upgrading;

(d) what the benefits of upgrading the schools are, as opposed to constructing new ones; and

(e) how many secondary and primary schools, country-wide, are required to ensure that all eligible learners are in school.

318 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry:

(a) when the Government will facilitate the construction of mango processing plants in Western Province and other parts of the Country where the mango fruit is in abundance; and

(b) whether there are other benefits of the mango fruit besides eating it and, if so, what the benefits are.

319 Mr Mwanza (Solwezi West) - to ask the Minister of Labour and Social Security:

(a) whether the Government has any plans to create the position of Assistant Labour Commissioner in the North-Western Province;

(b) if so, when; and

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

320 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Health:

(a) how many houses for nurses at Gwembe District Hospital will be constructed in 2014;

(b) what the estimated cost of constructing the houses is; and

(c) whether a contractor has already been identified and, if so, what the name of the contractor is.

321 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Information and Broadcasting:

(a) how much money the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation raised through television licence levy from 2011 to 2013, year by year; and

(b) how much money at (a) above was collected through:

(i) the ZESCO Limited metering system; and
(ii) direct debit from salaries or allowances of Government employees.

322 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry what benefit Zambia has derived from the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Economic Partnership Agreements.

323 Mr Katuka (Mwinilunga) - to ask the Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health:

(a) what plans the Government has for the piece of land on Thabo Mbeki Road and opposite the National Assembly Members’ Motel, in Lusaka;

(b) how much money will be spent on developing the piece of land above;

(c) whether a contractor for the project has already been identified and, if so, what the name of the contractor is;

(d) what the estimated cost of the project is; and

(e) what the time-frame for undertaking the project is.

324 Mr Mucheleka (Lubansenshi) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a) how many teachers’ houses and 1 x 3 classroom blocks are earmarked for construction in 2014 in the following Parliamentary Constituencies:

(i) Lubansenshi; and
(ii) Lupososhi; and

(b) what the names of the schools that will benefit from the construction of new classroom blocks, are.

325 Mr Mucheleka (Lubansenshi) - to ask the Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development:

(a) whether the Government has any plans to compel business houses in the extractive industry to help develop areas where they extract natural resources and contribute a percentage of their profits to the Environmental Protection Fund, as part of their corporate social responsibility; and

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

326 Mr I Banda (Lumezi) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a) how many basic schools in Lundazi District will be upgraded to secondary schools as a result of the newly introduced education policy; and

(b) when construction of infrastructure to support the new education policy will commence in the District, constituency by constituency.

327 Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication when the Government will rehabilitate the Myooye and Nachibila bridges in Nangoma Parliamentary Constituency.

328 Mr Miyanda (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health:

(a) why the Government has not disbursed funds for the completion of the construction of the Kabanga Health Centre in Mapatizya Parliamentary Constituency;

(b) when the funds will be disbursed; and

(c) who the contractor for the project is.

329 Mr Ntundu (Gwembe) - to ask the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education:

(a) when the construction of Munyumbwe High School in Gwembe District will be completed and opened to the public;

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

(c) what the staff establishment for the School is; and

(d) how many pupils will be enrolled at the School.

330 Mr Mucheleka (Lubansenshi) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing when Luwingu District Council will be provided with funds for improving water and sanitation services in the District.

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

(a) which company was contracted to rehabilitate the drainage along the road from Hybrid Poultry Farm to the LASF Housing Complex in Chamba Valley in Lusaka;

(b) what the contract sum for the project was;

(c) how much money has since been paid to the contractor;

(d) why the works have been abandoned with heaps of gravel on the road; and

(e) when the rehabilitation works will be resumed and completed.

332 Mr Miyanda (Mapatizya) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a) when infrastructure development at Zimba District Centre and Kabanga Sub-Administrative Centre will commence;

(b) why Zimba District has two administrative centres;

(c) who determines the geographical positioning of an administrative centre;

(d) what the population of the newly created Zimba District is, ward by ward;

(e) what the distance between Kamukeza near the Zambia/Zimbabwe border and Zimba Administrative Centre is; and

(f) what the distance between Kamukeza and Kabanga Sub-Administrative Centre is.