Tuesday, 5th March, 2019

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA
 
THIRD SESSION OF THE TWELFTH ASSEMBLY
 
ORDER PAPER – TUESDAY, 5TH MARCH, 2019
 
AT 1430 HOURS
 
 
QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER (STANDING ORDER 31)
 
 
304 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Vice President:
 
(a) whether the Government is aware that the residents of Mitwi Ward in Kalabo Central Parliamentary Constituency are on the verge of starvation due to the poor rainfall pattern;
(b) if so, whether there are any plans to send relief food to the area; and
(c) if so, when the relief food will be sent to the area.
 
 
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER (STANDING ORDER 30)
 
305 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central) - to ask the Minister of General Education:
 
(a) how many staff positions were frozen in the Ministry of General Education as of 30th September, 2018;
(b) why the positions were frozen;
(c) what impact the freezing of the positions has had on service delivery; and
(d) when the frozen positions will be available again.
 
 
306 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central)     - to ask the Minister of Higher Education:
 
(a) when the Kalabo Trades School will be opened to the public;
(b) how many students the School will be enrolling per intake;
(c) what programmes will be offered at the School; and
(d) what qualifications will be obtained from the School.
 
 
307 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central)     - to ask the Minister of Transport and Communication:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to dredge canals in Western Province;
(b) if so, when the plans will be implemented;
(c) which districts are earmarked for the exercise;
(d) what the total cost of the exercise is; and
(e) what the time frame for the completion of the exercise is.
 
 
308 Mr S Miti (Feira)   - to ask the Minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to sink boreholes in Feira Parliamentary Constituency;
(b) if so, how many boreholes are earmarked for sinking in 2019; and
(c) what the total cost of the project is.
 
 
309 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central)     - to ask the Minister of General Education:
 
(a) when the distribution of desks to schools in Kalabo District was last conducted;
(b) when the next distribution exercise will be; and
(c) how many desks will be distributed to each school.
 
 
310 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central)     - to ask the Minister of General Education:
 
(a) whether the available Grade 8 school places are adequate to accommodate all the Grade 8 pupils for 2019, following the 100% pass rate, countrywide;
(b) whether there are adequate teachers to cater for the increased number of Grade 8 pupils, especially for schools in rural areas;
(c) if not, what measures are being taken to cater for the excess pupils; and
(d) what measures are being taken to improve the availability of teaching and learning aids in schools, countrywide.
 
311 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central)     - to ask the Minister of General Education:
 
(a) whether all the primary schools in Kalabo District received all their monthly grants in 2018;
(b) if not, why;
(c) how many schools did not receive the grants in full;
(d) how much money, in form of grants, is still outstanding; and
(e) what the impact of the lack of funds on service delivery has been.
 
312 Mr Miyutu (Kalabo Central)     - to ask the Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development:
 
(a) whether there are any youth empowerment programmes in Information and Communication Technologies in Kalabo District;
(b) if so, what the names of the youth groups that have benefitted from the programmes are;
(c) whether there are any challenges in implementing the programmes; and
(d) if so, what the challenges are.
 
 
313 Mr Lihefu (Manyinga) - to ask the Minister of General Education:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to construct a girls’ secondary school in Manyinga Parliamentary Constituency;
(b) if so, when the plans will be implemented; and
(c) if there are no such plans, why.
 
 
314 Mrs Chinyama (Kafue)    - to ask the Vice President:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to declare Chiawa in Kafue Parliamentary Constituency as a district;
(b) if so, when the plans will be implemented;
(c) if there are no such plans, why; and
(d) what the criteria for declaring a district are.
 
 
315 Mr Mukosa (Chinsali)    - to ask the Minister of Energy:
 
(a) whether the Government has a system of hedging against the fluctuations in petroleum prices and foreign exchange rates;
(b) if not, whether there are any plans to introduce such a system;
(c) if so, when the plans will be implemented; and
(d) if there are no such plans, why.
 
 
316 Mr S Miti (Feira)    - to ask the Minister of Agriculture:
 
(a) when irrigation equipment will be installed at the following resettlement schemes in Feira Parliamentary Constituency:
                (i) Yapite;
               (ii) Chafukula; and
               (iii) Tiyeseko;
(b) what the total cost of the project is; and
(c) what the time frame for the completion of the project is.
 
317 Evangelist Shabula (Itezhi Tezhi)    - to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to construct police posts in the following Wards in Itezhi Tezhi Parliamentary Constituency:
                            (i) Mbila;                          (ii) Luubwe;
                           (iii) Basanga;                    (iv) Makunku;
                           (v) Luchena; and              (vi) Kabulengwe;
(b) if so, when the plans will be implemented; and
(c) if there are no such plans, what immediate measures the Government is taking to prevent the escalation of crime in the affected areas.
 
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