HRM King Ndahura II

Professional experience includes past service as:

[1] Starting in 2013 served as Regent or Acting-King whenever the reigning King Rwigi IV was hospitalised. King Rwigi IV appointed Kashagama to serve in his stead whenever the king was outside Busongora, or in event that the king was unable to perform his duties for any reason. At the time of his passing away, King Rwigi had never entrusted anyone else besides Kashagama with this great responsibility. 

[2] One of the principal persons responsible for the restoration of Busongora Kingdom on Saturday 12 May 2012, and for drawing up the key procedures and protocols required to install monarchs, and to set-up and formalise the operations of the kingdom leadership and staff. 

[3] Principal Private Secretary, confidant and principal advisor to the late Omukama [King] Rwigi IV Bwebale Rutakirwa of Busongora Kingdom [2012-2015]. 

[4] Minister for Community Rights & Constitutional Affairs, and a Deputy Prime Minister, and frequently Acting-Prime Minister for Busongora Kingdom [2012-2015].

[5] Represented Busongora Kingdom in various capacities at numerous conferences, including as a member of the Specialized Technical Committee of the National Assembly of Cultural Communities [Uganda] that was responsible for drafting the Cultural Institutions' Statement of Expectations and Aspirations [2015-2021], and also for drafting Uganda's Cultural Institutions Code of Ethical Conduct [2015].  

[6] Researcher, Scribe and Translator - for the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development of the Republic of Uganda & for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage documentation and safeguarding project in Busongora [2013-2015].

[7] Editor-in-Chief and News-Director at TV-Africa; News-Researcher, Reporter and Producer for KTN [Kenya Television Network] and for BCTV [British Columbia Television]; Freelance Journalist working with various media organizations around the world. 

[8] Environmental Activist and Parliamentary Candidate and executive for the Federal Green Party of Canada [2008-2009], and also for the provincial Green Party of British Columbia [2009-2011].

[9] Speech-writer, confidant and advisor to President John Atta Mills of Ghana, especially on issues concerning Pan Africanism, the African Union, and the African Diaspora, and; together with Lloyd Axworthy [former Canadian Foreign Minister], helped Atta Mills develop the Ford Foundation-sponsored African program at the Liu Centre for Global Studies [University of British Columbia].  

[10] Founder of the AUF [African Unification Front] in 1996, which was instrumental in the establishment of the AU [African Union], and which helped promote and develop policies for use by the Pan-African-Parliament and by international agencies concerned about Africa; sponsored and led international protests against Blood Diamonds at the 2nd World Diamond Conference; and led protests in Canada that effectively prevented planned deployment of NATO troops in Sudan. 

[11] Executive Director, and later CEO, and then Chair of the Board of Directors, of the African Canadian Association of British Columbia [1996-2010], where assignments included organizing access to housing, legal aid, medical services, education, and employment for refugees and marginalized blacks and other minorities; organized the annual memorial in western Canada for victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda; and raised funds for international and local community projects. 

[12] Administrator, Fundraiser, Executive Co-ordinator of the CNIS [Canadian Network for International Surgery], and later Newsletter Editor [1997-2006], where work involved research, inventorying, generating statistical reports, promoting and funding medical reforms for the reduction of injury, trauma and death caused by traffic and poorly designed infrastructure in Africa and other parts of the world. Work at CNIS also included the organising of training for combat soldiers, medical students, and ambulance crews in performing life-saving emergency surgical procedures. CNIS projects involved many African states, as well as Canada. CNIS project-partners in Uganda included the Uganda Police Traffic Department, as well as Makerere University Medical School, and Mulago Hospital. 

[13] Lecturer & Public Speaker - teaching World History, Electoral Reform, Parliamentary Governance, and other topics, at various universities, including Simon Fraser University, and the University of British Columbia; author of policy papers and key notes used as reference by institutions and governments, including by the AU, UN, NATO, US Congress, Canadian Parliament, the Council on Foreign Relations, the G8 Summit, CIDA, and the governments of Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, etc.  

[14] Founder and organizer of the annual VAFF [Vancouver African Film Festival] - the month-long festival featured well-made art films by award-winning film-makers, and became a major resource for film directors in Hollywood, and for the Africans and other members of the public in Canada, and also helped to promote African film-makers and issues of concern to Africans. 

[15] Accredited professional and special-skills Actor; member of UBCP [Union of British Columbia Performers] and ACTRA [Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists]; Film star in the “Star Gate” TV series [Last Man Standing], and performed in many US and Canadian film productions alongside such movie stars as Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, Jet Lee, Aaliyah, DMX, Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington, Pierce Brosnan, Delroy Lindo, Al Pacino, Michelle Rodriguez, Mark Wahlberg, Isaiah Washington, and many others.

20 Favourite Reads:

[1] Toussaint Louverture                     [Madison Smartt Bell]

[2] The Maxims of Ptahhotep

[3] Transcripts of the Moscow Show Trials [1938]

[4] Gulag Archipelago                          [Alexander Solzhenitsyn]

[5] Titus Andronicus                            [Shakespeare]

[6] Paradise Lost                                 [John Milton]

[7] Odyssey                                        [Homer]

[8] The Greek Myths                           [Robert Graves]

[9] Aeneus                                          [Virgilius Publius Maro]

[10] Meditations                                  [Marcus Aurelius]

[11] Othello                                        [Shakespeare]

[12] The Poisonwood Bible                   [Barbara Kingsolver]

[13] Native Son                                  [Richard Wright]

[14] Petals of Blood                             [Ngugi wa Thiong'o]

[15] Radiance of the King                    [Camara Laye]

[16] Tango: The Art History of Love     [Robert Farris Thompson]

[17] A Fair Country                             [John Ralston Saul]

[18] The Call of the Wild                                  [Jack London]

[19] The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses  [Robert W. Service]

[20] Stalin: A Biography                                  [Robert J. Service]

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