Tuesday, 15th September, 2020

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA
 
FIFTH SESSION OF THE TWELFTH ASSEMBLY
 
ORDER PAPER – TUESDAY, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2020
 
AT 1430 HOURS
 
 
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER (STANDING ORDER 30)
 
1.  Mr Chishala (Roan)   -   to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:
 
(a) why Shafts 18 and 28 at the Luanshya Copper Mines were not operational as of July, 2020; and
 
(b) when operations will resume.
 
2.  Mr Mutelo (Mitete)    -   to ask the Minister of Energy:
 
(a) when Mitete District will be connected to the national electricity grid; and
 
(b) what has caused the delay in connecting the District.
 
3.  Mr Kabamba (Kafulafuta)   -   to ask the Minister of Local Government:
 
(a) when the upgrading of the following informal settlements in Bwana Mkubwa Parliamentary Constituency will commence:
 
(i) Kaloko;
 
(ii) Old Regiment;
 
(iii) Makenzie;
 
(iv) Kantolomba;
 
(v) Mwenye;
 
(vi) Mwange A;
 
(vii) Mwange B; and
 
(viii) Zambia Compound; and
 
(b) what the time frame for the completion of the exercise is.
 
4.  Ms Subulwa (Sioma)   -   to ask the Minister of Health:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to upgrade the Lewanika General Hospital in Mongu District to a third level hospital;
 
(b) if so, when the plans will be implemented;
 
(c) what the total cost of the exercise is; and
 
(d) what the estimated time frame for the completion of the exercise is.
 
5.  Mr Lufuma (Kabompo)   -   to ask the Minister of Gender:
 
(a) whether there were any women empowerment programmes in Kabompo Parliamentary Constituency funded by the Government from 2017 to  2019;
 
(b) if so, what the programmes are; and
 
(c) how much money was disbursed for each programme.
 
6.  Mr Simbao (Senga Hill)   -   to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
 
(a) when police officers will be deployed to Senga Police Post in Senga Hill Parliamentary Constituency;
 
(b) what the cause of the delay in deploying the staff is; and
 
(c) whether the Government has any plans to construct additional staff houses at the Police Post.
 
7.  Mr Hamusonde (Nangoma)    -   to ask the Vice President:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to declare Nangoma a district; and
 
(b) if so, when the plans will be implemented.
 
8.  Ms Mwape (Mkushi North)   -   to ask the Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs:
 
(a) when the construction  of palaces for the following Chiefs in Mkushi North Parliamentary Constituency will commence:
 
(i) Chitina;
 
(ii) Mulungwe; and
 
(iii) Shaibila;
 
(b) what the cause of the delay in commencing the project is; and
 
(c) what the time frame for the completion of each project is.
 
9.  Ms Chisangano (Gwembe)    -   to ask the Minister of Health:
 
(a) when the construction of ten (10) health posts in Gwembe Parliamentary Constituency, under the 650 Health Posts Project, will commence;  
 
(b) what the cause of the delay in commencing the project is; and 
 
(c) who the contractor for the project is.
 
10.  Mr Chiyalika (Lufubu)   -   to ask the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock:
 
(a) whether the Government has any plans to restock fish in the Lufubu River in Ngabwe District;
 
(b) if so, when the plans will be implemented;
 
(c) what the estimated cost of the exercise is; and
 
(d) what the time frame for the completion of the exercise is.
 
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
 
W1.  Ms Tambatamba (Kasempa)   -   to ask the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development:
 
(a) how many mining licences in the following categories were issued in Kasempa District from 2012 to 2019, year by year:
 
(i) small scale prospecting licences;
 
(ii) large scale prospecting licences;
 
(iii) small scale mining licences; and
 
(iv) large scale mining licences;
 
(b) for which minerals the prospecting licences were issued;
 
(c) how many licences of each category are held by foreign investors;
 
(d) how many licences of each category were active as of December, 2019; and
 
(e) how much revenue, on average, was collected as licence fees from 2014 to 2019, year by year.
 
W2.  Mrs M L Phiri (Chilanga)   -   to ask the Minister of Agriculture:
 
(a) how many irrigation schemes were developed under the Irrigation Development Master Plan, as of December, 2019, province by province;
 
(b) what the challenges of implementing the Plan are;
 
(c) what measures the Government is taking to address the challenges;
 
(d) whether there are any private companies developing large scale irrigation schemes; and
 
(e) if so, what the names of the companies are, province by province.
 
NOTICE OF MOTION 
 
Ms Mwape
 
Thanks - His Excellency the President’s Address: That the thanks of this Assembly be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in His Excellency the President’s Address.
 
 
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