Andrew Kashita Explained

Andrew Kashita
Office:Minister of Works and Supply
Term Start:1994
Term End:1995
Office2:Minister of Transport and Communications
Term Start2:1991
Term End2:1994
Office3:Minister of Mines and Industry
Term Start3:1973
Term End3:1975
Predecessor3:Humphrey Mulemba
Successor3:Axon Soko
Office4:Member of the National Assembly for Bwana Mkubwa
Term Start4:1991
Term End4:1996
Successor4:Mathew Mulanda
Office5:Nominated Member of the National Assembly
Term Start5:1974
Term End5:1975
Successor5:James Mapoma
Birth Date:1932
Birth Place:Northern Rhodesia
Death Date:13 January 2020
Party:UNIP, MMD
Profession:Engineer, civil servant

Andrew Elias Kashita (1932 – 13 January 2020) was a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly and held several ministerial posts.

Biography

An engineer by training, Kashita became Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and then managing director of INDECO (Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia).[1] [2] He was appointed Minister of Mines and Industry in 1973,[3] and was also given a nominated seat in the National Assembly. Following a dispute regarding his decision to reduce copper production by 15%, he was dismissed from the cabinet in January 1975,[4] also losing his seat in parliament.[5]

In 1990 Kashita returned to politics as one of the founder members of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy. He was elected to the National Assembly in the Bwana Mkubwa constituency in the 1991 general elections, and was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications.[6] He was later moved to become Minister of Works and Supply in a cabinet reshuffle in January 1994,[7] but was sacked on 17 July 1995.[8] He did not contest the 1996 general elections.

Kashita died on 13 January 2020.[9]

Notes and References

  1. "Only Zambian Professional Mechanical Engineer", Farming in Zambia, Volumes 3–6, 1967, p28
  2. http://www.lusakavoice.com/2013/05/19/night-of-long-knives-retold-by-andrew-kashita/ Night of long knives retold By ANDREW KASHITA
  3. Miles Larmer (2013) Rethinking African Politics: A History of Opposition in Zambia, Ashgate Publishing, p170
  4. Marcia Burdette (2021) Zambia: Between Two Worlds
  5. Colin Legum (1975) Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents, Volume 7, p329
  6. Katongo Mulenga Maine (2018) The Life and Journey of an Entrepreneur, Gadsden Publishers, p127
  7. "Chiluba reshuffles cabinet in bid to stem crisis over drug-dealing", South African Monthly Regional Bulletin, January 1994
  8. Jacqueline Audrey Kalley, Elna Schoeman & Lydia Eve Andor (1999) Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 Greenwood Publishing Group, p706
  9. https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/01/13/former-cabinet-minister-andrew-kashita-has-died/ Former Cabinet Minister Andrew Kashita has died.