Buchaman vows to fight for Rastas' rights in Uganda as he begins work as presidential advisor

Musician Mark Bugembe alias Buchaman has officially started his duties as a presidential advisor.

Last week, President Yoweri Museveni appointed Buchaman as a presidential advisor and one that will be in charge of gathering the youth so as to benefit from presidential initiatives.

Now Buchaman started his duties with giving out food to people in the ghetto before giving a speech where he noted that everyone will now realize how important rastafarians are.

For starters, Rastafarianism is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the late 1930s. It was classified as both a religious and social movement by scholars with no central authority in control of the movement.

In his remarks, Buchaman said that the true image of rastas has now been revealed to the people and that now is the time for the movement to be recognized.

"Our true image has been revealed, you're not going to be misguided again. People will now understand that we're also human beings," he said.

Buchaman added that for long, Rastas have been marginalized but now is the time for everyone to recognize them and see what they can do.

He said that they will start a campaign by going to schools and demand that children of rastas be allowed to attend classes with their dreadlocks.

"You cannot be a rasta, with dreadlocks and your children don't have dreads. They will not appreciate the true roots of Rastafarianism. We are going to go to schools and demand that children of rastas be granted a chance to study with their dreads," Buchaman said.

Buchaman, who was heavily guarded by what is suspected to be presidential security said that he is yet to receive any financial support from the president but promised to start with his projects as soon as he receives it.