Former First Lady Monica Geingos has said she will be focusing on finalising outstanding advocacy commitments with her return to office after three months of mourning her husband, the late president Hage Geingob, who died on 4 February 2024.
Geingos, in a statement on Saturday, said her focus will be scaling up the youth development work of the One Economy Foundation and the various non-profit organisations that she serves.
She will also focus on women’s political leadership, gender-based violence, as well as sexual and reproductive health.
“As someone who has been personally affected by the loss of a loved one to cancer, I am considering expanding my previous focus on women’s reproductive cancers to cancer prevention and care in general,” she said.
She added that losing a loved life partner is extraordinarily painful on its own, and losing a loved one to a cancer as brutal as pancreatic cancer is unimaginably sore.
Geingos then thanked Namibians for the love shown to her and the family over the loss of late president Geingob, saying this speaks to his larger-than-life personality and his impact on many lives.
Moreover, she indicated that the outpouring of love and messages from all over the world bore testament to Geingob’s influence, and mirrors his emotional generosity.
“There are no words to thank all of you for the flowers, gifts, visits, messages, prayers, compassion and love you have shown. It was indeed our collective loss, and we recognise that mourning Hage is not an individual experience,” she added.
Geingos noted it was important to remember Geingob left in the same manner he lived – on his terms – and it is now up to Namibians to follow his guidance and forge ahead in the best way they know how.
– Nampa