Wednesday 11Th August, 2021)

BOTSWANA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

O R D E R P A P E R

(WEDNESDAY 11TH AUGUST, 2021)

QUESTIONS HRS/MINS

1400 – 1445

1. DR. K. GOBOTSWANG, MP. (SEFHARE-RAMOKGONAMI): To ask the Minister (627) of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development:

(i) to state the number of foreigners issued work permits at the following companies;

(a) Kwena Concrete; (b) Steelbase; (c) Dynamic Road services; (d) EL&L Companies;

(ii) the nature of jobs that they are employed to perform;

(iii) how many Batswana with the relevant qualifications are unemployed to perform the required tasks; and

(iv) why the Ministry is issuing work permits for jobs that Batswana are qualified to do.

2. MR. G. KEKGONEGILE, MP. (MAUN EAST): To ask the Minister of Finance (628) and Economic Development to brief this Honourable House on the Ministry targets and clear intended outcomes from budget allocations to departments mandated to undertake women and children protection programmes and to further clarify:

(i) if the Ministry is satisfied with the outcomes from the departments in relation to investment; if not, why not and if so, why;

(ii) if the budgets for women and children protection departments have increased or decreased in the past five (5) years and by what percentage; and

(iii) the Ministry’s strategy in enabling these departments to reach maximum impact through adequate budget allocations.

3. MR. D. SALESHANDO, MP. (MAUN WEST): To ask the Minister of Tertiary (631) Education, Research, Science and Technology to brief this Honourable House on provision of accommodation for tertiary students and to further state the following:

(i) total number of tertiary students in Gaborone;

(ii) total number of available institutional housing units for tertiary students in Gaborone;

(iii) total number of students admitted to tertiary institutions in Gaborone whose parents or guardians reside outside greater Gaborone;

(iv) the magnitude of accommodation shortage for tertiary students; and

(v) plans to construct student villages in Gaborone and how they will be funded.

4. MR. C. GREEFF, MP. (GABORONE BONNINGTON SOUTH): To ask the Minister (632) of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development:

(i) why the National Library Service at his Ministry is operating with an archaic legislation/Act and whether there are any plans to review the Act; if so, when;

(ii) what percentage of the Ministry’s budget is allocated to the National Library Service in comparison with other departments in the Ministry and if it is adequately funded;

(iii) whether writers were given any assistance of COVID-19 relief which artists were given; if so, how much was disbursed to the writers; and

(iv) what initiatives does the Ministry have in place that are specifically for financial assistance to the writers.

5. MR. K. K. KAPINGA, MP. (OKAVANGO): To ask the Minister of Basic (629) Education:

(i) how many temporary teachers are employed in the Okavango primary and secondary schools;

(ii) how many temporary teachers are deployed at satellite primary schools as opposed to those in the permanent and pensionable cadre;

(iii) how many of the temporary teachers have been so employed for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) months.

6. MR. K. NKAWANA, MP. (SELEBI PHIKWE EAST): To ask the Minister of Local (633) Government and Rural Development whether he is aware that the Selebi Phikwe Township has no serviceable fire engine; and if so, he should update this Honourable House on his plan to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency.

7. MR. F. T. LEUWE, MP. (TAKATOKWANE): To ask the Minister of Local (636) Government and Rural Development when the Kgare/Sebotswane settlement will be recognised as a village as recommended by the Kweneng District Council.

8. DR. N. TSHABANG, MP. (NKANGE): To ask the Minister of Environment, (637) Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism to update this Honourable House on the reviewed compensation guidelines and schedule of animals included for compensation.

9. MR. A. LESASO, MP. (SHOSHONG): To ask the Minister of Health and (640) Wellness if:

(i) he is aware of serious shortage of maternity facilities and ambulance in Shoshong Constituency;

(ii) he is aware the people living inside the sandveld farms, Otse, Kodibeleng, Moralane, Mokgenene, Ikongwe, Mosolotshane are dependent on a one room, one delivery facility at Shoshong clinic for delivery services;

(iii) he is aware that the only alternative maternity facility is in Mahalapye which is further away from these poor communities;

(iv) he is aware that the communities in these villages, most which are poor, are unable to pay for transport to access health services at Mahalapye since there is only one ambulance serving these villages including Shoshong village; and

(v) he could consider building a maternity clinic at Kodibeleng as a catchment facility; for the surrounding communities at Moralane.

10. MR. L. LESEDI, MP. (SEROWE SOUTH): To ask the Minister of Land (644) Management, Water and Sanitation Services:

(i) when water from the North-South Carrier (NSC) pipeline will be provided to the cluster villages of Radisele, Mogome, Mokgware and Tewane;

(ii) what is currently obtaining in terms of alleviating water shortage and domestic water supply in the above villages;

(iii) why the NSC pipeline passes many dry and thirsty villages in its vicinity and along its way to carry water a distance of 360 kilometres while villages a few kilometres from the pipeline have no water;

(iv) how much has been spent so far in the NSC pipeline since its inception (Phase one) to date and what has been its full impact on the environment, villages and forestry it passes; and

(v) if the Government has not realised the value of transferring water-intensive industries and towns to water-rich regions as a more cost-effective way of development.

11. MR. O. RAMOGAPI, MP. (PALAPYE): To ask the Minister for Presidential (445) Affairs, Governance and Public Administration:

(i) to update this Honourable House on progress following his response to a ‘Minister’s Question Time’ on the “Review of Competency Based Career Path (CBCP) for Secretaries”, of 14th December, 2018; and Question 113 (2) of 11th December, 2019 by Honourable Majaga on the implementation of the Court Order issued on the 27th January, 2017, regarding the disputed Directive No.1 of 2015 Secretarial Cadre Competency Based Career Path (CBCP);

(ii) to provide a definite date of implementation of the reviewed CBCP since the task teams concluded their findings and provided feedback to the employer on 7th October, 2020;

(iii) if he would not concede that the matter has taken rather too long and the cadre continues to suffer injustice and/or prejudice as a result of unfair administrative decisions by the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) when reviewing their Scheme of Service in 2015; and

(iv) as it is clear that DPSM is disregarding the time set in the Court Order to resolve this dispute, would it not give rise to suspicion that the employer can now take the liberty to change some portions of the agreements reached with the task team since they have completed their assignment.

QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE

12. MR. D. L. KEORAPETSE, MP. (SELEBI PHIKWE WEST): To ask the Minister of (647) Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security to update this Honourable House on the state of the oxygen plant in Selebi Phikwe BCL mine and to specifically clarify whether or not it can be tweaked/used to manufacture medical oxygen, instead of industrial oxygen, to deal with the current crisis of acute shortage.

NOTICE OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY HRS/MINS

COMMITTEE STAGE 1445 – 1800

1. Ombudsman Bill, 2021 (Bill No. 19 An Act to make provision for the of 2021) continuation of the Office of the Ombudsman, for the powers and functions of the Ombudsman, the investigation of administrative actions taken on behalf of Government, the protection and promotion of human rights, the investigation of human rights violation, and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

(Published on 11th June, 2021)

(Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration)

(Resumed Debate)

AMENDMENTS

The Bill is amended at −

1. Clause 22, appearing on page B.151, by substituting for subclause (3) the following new sub-clause -

“(3) If there is failure or refusal to implement recommendations of the Ombudsman within the specified time, the Ombudsman may, for maladministration and human rights proceedings, bring an action before a court and seek such remedy as may be appropriate for enforcement of its recommendations.”.

(Mr. D. Saleshando, MP. – Maun West)

2. The Bill is amended at Clause 23 (3) on page B.152 by inserting immediately after the word “entities” the words “complained against.”

(Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration)

2. Tobacco Control Bill, 2021 (Bill No. An Act to establish the Tobacco Control 9 of 2021) Committee and set out its functions; to regulate the demand and supply for consumption of tobacco and tobacco products; to control the production, manufacture, sale, labelling, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco and tobacco products; and to provide for related matters.

(Published on 12th March, 2021)

(Minister of Health and Wellness)

AMENDMENTS

1. The arrangement of sections appearing on –

(a) page B.45 be amended at clause 17 by deleting the words “of Committee”; and

(b) page B.47 be amended at clause 63 by substituting for the word “officer”, the word “officers”.

(Minister of Health and Wellness)

2. Clause 2 appearing on page B.48 be amended by placing the definition of “Chairperson” before the definition of “Committee”.

(Minister of Health and Wellness)

3. The Bill is amended at clause 2 appearing on page B.48 by substituting for the interpretation of the words -

(a) inserting, in the correct alphabetical order the following interpretation –

“designated smoking area” means an area of a building or conveyance where smoking may be allowed, which may be in an open space or separate area with proper ventilation”; and

(b) substituting for the interpretation of the words “public place” the following new interpretation –

“means any place accessible to the general public or place for collective use, regardless of ownership or right of access which is not a designated smoking area;”.

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

4. The Bill is amended at clause 3 appearing on page B.49 by inserting the following new paragraph, immediately after paragraph (h) –

“(i) two members from Business Botswana”.

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

5. Clause 17 appearing in page B.53 be amended by substituting for the wording “committee” appearing at subclause (1), the word “Committee”.

(Minister of Health and Wellness)

6. The Bill is amended at Clause 31 appearing on page B.58 by substituting for –

(a) subsection (1) (a) by inserting the words, “unless it is in a designated smoking area;” immediately after the word, “workplace”;

(b) subsection (1) (c) by inserting the words,“ unless it is in a designated smoking area.”, immediately after the word, “place”;

(c) subsection (2)(a) by inserting the words “unless is it a designated smoking area” immediately after the word, “offices” appearing on the fourth line of that sub-paragraph.

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

7. The Bill is amended at clause 33 (1) by inserting the words “which is a not a designated smoking area” immediately after word, “workplace”, appearing on the second line of that subsection.

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

8. The Bill is amended at clause 42 (2) (a) appearing on page B.62 by substituting for that sub-paragraph the following new –

“(a) the text and pictures comprising the warnings and messages shall appear together and shall occupy the bottom portion of each principal display area, covering not less than 30 per cent in the front and 50 per cent at the back, not counting the space taken up by any border surrounding the health warnings and messages;”.

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

9. The Bill is amended by deleting –

(a) clause 42(4) and clause 42(5) appearing on page B.62 and B.63 ;

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

(b) clause 45 appearing on page B.64;

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

(d) Part X appearing on page B.67.

(Mr. D. Tshere, MP. – Mahalapye West)

10. The side note to Clause 52 appearing on page B.66 be amended by inserting the word “persons” immediately after the word “by”.

(Minister of Health and Wellness)

11. The side note to Clause 56 appearing on page B.66 be amended by substituting for the word “and” appearing immediately after the word “research”, the word “,”.

(Minister of Health and Wellness)

12. The side note to Clause 58 appearing on page B.68 be amended by deleting the word “the” appearing before the word “tobacco”.

(Minister of Health and Wellness)

3. Motor Vehicle Accident Fund An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Bill No. 10 Accident Fund Act. of 2021)

(Published on 12th March, 2021)

(Minister of Finance and Economic Development)

AMENDMENT

 Clause 4 of the Bill appearing on page B.75 is amended by substituting for subsection (10), the following new subsection –

“(10) A person who drives a foreign registered motor vehicle into Botswana shall pay to the Fund a levy on a foreign registered vehicle in such manner as may be prescribed.”.

(Minister of Finance and Economic Development)

BILLS TO BE REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

1. Declaration of Assets and Liabilities An Act to amend the Declaration of (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2020 (Bill Assets and Liabilities Act. No. 25 of 2020)

(Published on 30th October, 2020)

(Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration)

2. Diamond Cutting (Amendment) An Act to amend the Diamond Cutting Bill, 2021 (Bill No. 5 of 2021) Act.

(Published on 26th February, 2021)

(Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security)

3. Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act. 2020 (Bill No. 23 of 2020)

(Published on 30th October, 2020)

(Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs)

4. Change of Surname Bill, 2021 An Act to re-enact, with amendments, the (Bill No. 8 of 2021) Change of Name Act and to make provision for restriction and regulation of the right of any person to assume a surname and for matters incidental thereto.

(Published on 1st March, 2021)

(Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs)

5. Married Persons Property An Act to amend the Married Persons (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Bill No. Property Act. 12 of 2021)

(Published on 26th March, 2021)

(Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs)

6. Precious and Semi-Precious An Act to amend the Precious and Semi- Stones (Protection) (Amendment) Precious Stones (Protection) Act. Bill, 2021 (Bill No. 6 of 2021)

(Published on 26th February, 2021)

(Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security)

7. Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, An Act to amend the Penal Code to, 2021 (Bill No. 16 of 2021) among others, enhance penalties for sexual offences.

(Published on 4th June, 2021)

(Minister of Defence, Justice and Security)

8. Aviation Security (Amendment) An Act to amend the Aviation Security Bill, 2021 (Bill No. 18 of 2021) Act.

(Published on 11th June, 2021)

(Minister of Transport and Communications)

MOTION

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FROM THE CONSOLIDATED AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS – FINANCIAL PAPER NO. 1 OF 2021/2022

 “That the Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure from the Consolidated and Development Funds contained in the Financial Paper No. 1 of 2021/2022 be approved.”

(Minister of Finance and Economic Development)