Minister of Labour and Social Security, Brenda Mwika Tambatamba (MP), has expressed grief over the death of the Ministry’s late Director for Occupational, Safety and Health Services Department, whom she described as a flower, plucked too soon.
Ms. Tambatamba prayed that many more employees under the Ministry should sprout up like Mr George Kashinka, as he was a diligent man who advocated for the safety of workers in the world of work.
Engineer Kashinka died on March 19, 2025, around 02:00 hours after suffering a short illness.
The Minister visited the house of mourning yesterday, where she comforted the widow Mrs Cynthia Kashinka and offered words of encouragement.
Ms. Tambatamba remembered Director Kashinka as a devout Christian, and sociable employee who promoted the well being of others.
In giving comfort to the family the Minister offered this prayer:
“George was a smiling man, a hard worker, a loving man to his wife, family and acquaintances. Heavenly Father, George belonged to your church, he never took a moment or hesitated to make a prayer even at work,” she prayed.
“The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is not just a name but a place where God commanded him to take care of others. He was given a responsibility to take care of their lives to ensure their safety of the equipment they use at work.”
She expressed gratitude for the mastery that Mr. Kashinka possessed in executing his duties and contributed towards the Ministry’s achievements in ensuring safety of work places.
“Father God we know that he was your flower that you gave us in many ways that we talk about today and remember him, but we knew that he was your gorgeous flower that you gave us; and we knew that you gave it to us so that we could water it and one day you would claim it back,” she said.
“Father grow amongst us many more flowers that will take the place of George, I pray for the strength and fortitude in taking care of this family; to the wife, grant her strength: transfer the energy that was in engineer Kashinka into this woman (Cynthia) who has remained with the dream,” Ms. Tambatamba prayed as tears streamed down her cheeks.
“He had a dream! Father, it is a dream we mourn about, the dream for his children, a dream for his wife, a dream for his family members. It is that dream father that we pray to that you may endow us with it, so that we carry on where he left; the wife carries on with the children where he left that his children emulate him, that his remainder of the family carry on with the vision that he had.”
The minister urged ministerial staff to mirror the late Director’s strong work ethic.
