She was appointed the Minister of Labour and Social Security in the Cabinet of Zambia by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu on 15 September 2016.
[1] In the past, she served as the president of the Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ).
[2][3] Immediately before her cabinet appointment, she served at the chairperson for Labour and Social Security in the Patriotic Front (Zambia) political party.
[1][6] She came under pressure to resign in December 2016 after she called for the arrest of a whistle blower Mika Mwambazi who had begun a complaint about alleged mistreatment of workers at Horseshoe, a failing steakhouse in Lusaka.
The Human Rights Commission however presented a report that stated that the complaints of worker mistreatment and racism were indeed founded.