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Abduna Monomatapa

  • Writer: Abduna Monomatapa
    Abduna Monomatapa
  • Jun 12, 2019
  • 4 min read

Updated: Jun 20, 2019


THE FACTS  ABDUNA ATTENDS INAUGURAL  ASSEMBLY OF  CARIBBEAN  COUNCIL OF   CHURCHES AND MOVES  RESOLUTION  WITH   RONNIE   THWAITES   TO  MAKE THE CHURCH  LITURGY  MORE  SOCIALLY   RESPONSIVE ABDUNA-- MEMBER  COUNCIL OF  PROGRESSIVE STUDENTS  WITH UWI GUILD OF UNDER GRADUATES MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS WAYNE LOPEZ ,MARK SIMPSON , DR PETER FIGUEROA, DEAN OF SOCIAL SCIENCES PROFESSOR MARK FIGUEROA RUPERT LEWIS, ROBERT"SADDLE"BRYAN OF GRIZZLYS ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

APPOINTED  PREFECT  AT  PRIORY   SCHOOL AND HEAD OF   OXFORD HOUSE LEADS  1/3 OF  SCHOOL POPULATION  SPORTS COMPETITIONS .MEMBERS  INCLUDED BILLY "MYSTIC"WILMOT OF THE MYSTIC   REVEALERS  AND  LEAD  ACTOR IN THE POPULAR ROYAL PALM  ESTATE  AND THE  BLACKBURN'S  TV SERIES,SEAN BOURKE GRANDSON OF PRIORY  FOUNDER  HENRY  FOWLER AND  SCHOOL  GUIDANCE   COUNSELOR  PATRICK  BOURKE AND HIS   SISTER  TAMMY BOURKE

SCHOOLMATES : STEPHEN CAT COORE OF THIRD WORLD AND DR WYKEHAM MC NIEL..SHADOW MINSTER OF TOURISM AND PAC CHAIRMAN .ATTORNEY AT LAW :ARTHUR KITCHEN AND ACTOR PLAYWRIGHT STAFFORD ASHANITI HARRISON "KLASH,THE MIGHTY QUINN AND PROFESSOR DAVID ROWE DECEASED ABDUNA  WAS ELECTED VP OF  SIXTH FROM  ASSOCIATION  WHILE IN 5TH FORM ABDUNA  CO ORDINATED SUNDAY  TV TALK SHOW ON JBC NOW TVJ "SAY IT LOUD" PRODUCED BY ALPHONSO WALKER  CONVENER   ROBERT  PICKERSGILL PNP CHAIRMAN   FRIEND  AND  NEIGHBOR GUESTS  INCLUDE, RHODES  SCHOLARS  ROBERT  HEW  (OXFORD, HARVARD LAW  )JOHN BACQUIE  HARVARD AND OXFORD  , CHRISTOPHER  ZACCA  MIT AND PAST  PSOJ  AIR JAMAICA  .JAMAICA OBSERVER AND  SANDALS  CHAIRMAN,TRACY  MARSH-RUSSELL AND    CBC PIONEER  JOURNALIST ,AUTHOR  AND MEDIA  CONSULTANT INGRID WALTER. DOES RADIO  SHOWS  WITH ANNA HEARNE AND CYNTHIA WILMOT AND TESS THOMAS   EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE EXECUTIVE   MEMBER  JAMAICA  UNION OF  STUDENTS JAMAICA  YOUTH COUNCIL  EXECUTIVE WITH LOCKSLEY   COMRIE AND  DENNIS  SMITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  COMMITTEE  WITH REVD ERNIE GORDON ATTENDED   OFFICIAL  VISIT OF   JULIUS  NYERERE  TO  JAMAICA, THE  BAUXITE  LEVY ANNOUNCEMENT   BY THE MANLEY  GOVT AT JAMAICA  HOUSE,AND WAS THE  STUDENT   REPRESENTATIVE AT KINGS HOUSE  OF GOVERNOR  GENERAL  FLORIZEL GLASSPOLE'S JOINT   SELECT  COMMITTEE ON  YOUTH   WITH DR LUCILLE MAIR-MATHURIN,MR MUIRHEAD,HEAD  OF THE  BOY SCOUTS  ASSOCIATION  MRS JUSTICE COLLYMORE  WOODSTOCK OF THE GIRL  GUIDES    COLONEL PURSER OF THE  SALVATION ARMY.

ABDUNAPRODUCTIONS FORMED. FIRST CONTRACT  WITH JAMAL FOUNDATION 10,000  TEE  SHIRTS, SUPPLIED  AMMARS NOW   RUN  BY  CLASSMATE   AND PSOJ  EX  PRESIDENT MICHAEL  AMMAR  AND HIS  MOTHER, MRS DAWN  AZAN'S  TINY TOWN..ALSO  CONTRACTED  TO   SUPPLY  1000 DOZEN  DECALS  FOR  CHILDRENDS  CLOTHING ATTENDED   DREW UNIVERSITY  MADISON  NJ , WERE AUNT DR JOYCE  BAILEY (PRINCETON  SEMINARY) LECTURED AND REVD DR ALBERT AYMER WAS  READING FOR HIS   DOCTORATE ELECTED  PRESIDENT DREW   UNIVERSITY  INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS   ASSOCIATION,ACCREDITED TO THE    UNITED NATIONS HQ YOUTH  CAUCUS FROM  JAMAICA ATTENDED THE  UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL  GOLD MEDAL AWARD TO  MICHAEL MANLEY  FOR  HIS  WORK AGAINST  APARTHEID    WITH  HIS  FATHER  REVD  CYRIL EVANS    BAILEY  BD STM (COLUMBIA 1968) WHO WAS ONE OF MICHAEL MANLEY'S   SPIRITUAL ADVISERS COMPLETES DEGREE IN  ECONOMICS  AND INTERNATIONAL   RELATIONS AT DREW  UNIVERSITY  NJ, ACCEPTED  FOR  MASTERS OF  SACRED  THEOLOGY  (STM) BY DR  ARLO   DUBA OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ADMISSIONS. SETS UP SATURN ENTERPRISES   IN JAMAICA  TO   PIONEER COLOUR TV IMPORTATION INTO  JAMAICA AND WITH LUCIEN CHENS VIDEO  WORLD  AND  THE LATE DAVID  DARBY HELPED PIONEERED THEN NEW SATELLITE TV COLOR TV AGE FOR  JAMAICA. NEGOTIATED WITH  ABE  DHABDOUB LAWYER  CONTRACTS TO SUPPLY  THOUSANDS OF   TVS  TO  GOVERNMENT  OWNED  HOTELS . WITH TEE COM  LTD PILOT  SATELLITE  CABLE  TV FOR PEGASUS HOTEL RUN BY ROD HEAVEN THEN  FRIEND  AND  PROSPECTIVE  PARTNER JOHN MC VIE OF  FLEETWOOD MAC ABDUNA  BECOMES INVOLVED IN THE  MUSIC  BUSINESS MANAGES CAPITOL RECORDS/EMI AND INDEPENDENT  ARTISTS TO  THE   JUNO AWARD LEVEL AND HELPS  RAISE  FUND  FOR MANDELA FIRST FREE AND FAIR   ELECTION IN SOUTH  AFRICA  .AS   PART OF THE  NORTH AMERICAN MUSIC   FRATERNITY HE HELPED  PROMOTE  REGGAE  SUNSPLASH AND   ASSIST IN CHARITABLE   WORK  FOR  RAISING  HIV AIDS   AWARENESS. FEB 1993 SISTER  PASSES AND  AUNT  MAYSI BAILEY,ATTORNEY,NATIONAL HOUSING  TRUST COUNSEL AND FORMER  DEPUTY REGISTRAR OT TITLES A WEEK LATER.  ABDUNA  RETURNS  TO JAMAICA AND BECOMES PART OF THE NEW JAPANESE USED  CAR  IMPORT  BOOM. INTRODUCED  TO  THE  INDUSTRY BY HIS UNCLE, THEN JAMAICA  CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION  PRESIDENT  EDDIE  BAILEY WHOSE MEMBERS  AND OTHER , DEALERS LIKE  DARYL  VAZ'S "DARLYS AUTO"  AND  HEAVENS " MIJAM  LTD" HAD BEEN COURTED   BY JOHN  HONDA  OF   TOKYO JAPAN TO GET JAPANESE CARS. ABDUNA GOT INTO THE  FRAY  AND  WITHIN  A  SORT TIME    HAD ORDERS FOR ALMOST   100 VEHICLES . HE  WAS  INVITED  TO   NAGOYA  JAPAN BY KEVIN MURAKAMI  OF THE NAGOYA  USED CAR  DEALERS  ASSOCIATION..AND  HAD   DISCUSSIONS  WITH THEN  SENATOR   ANTHONY   JOHNSON   AND  AGRICULTURALIST AND LONG TIME   FAMILY   AND  PROVIDENCE METHODIST  CHURCH MEMBER ABOUT  ALSO EXPORTING  COFFEE TO  JAPAN. THAT MEETING  AT THE PEGASUS HOTEL PUB, IN NEW  KINGSTON    WAS  ALSO   ATTENDED BY NOW  TOURISM  MINISTER  EDMUND  BARTLETT AND ROD  HEAVEN .  AFTER AN EXHILARATING   TRIP  TO  TOKYO  AND NAGOYA..MEETING  WITH   MURAKAMI AND  HONDA,,,ABDUNA BEGAN THE PROCESS OF  SUPPLYING NEARLY  A   1000  CAR TO  HIS WAITING CUSTOMERS.  THE FIRST  TRANCHE OF 20  IMMEDIATE   CARS  WAS  TO  LEAVE IN  TWO  SHIPMENTS. PRIOR  TO LEAVING  JAMAICA   ABDUNA  HAD MET  WITH DAWN  HENDRICKS  OF  CITIBANK  WITH A  VIEW TO  HAVING  HER  BANK,  WHICH  WAS  WELL  KNOWN IN JAPAN, TO  ACT AS A   MEDIATOR,  SIGHT  DRAFT OR  COLLECTION GO BETWEEN  FOR THE   JAPANESE  SUPPLIERS  AND  ABDUNAS   JAMAICAN  CUSTOMERS. ESSENTIALLY MONEYS WERE PAID IN ADVANCE TO MR MIZUE OF  AUTO GALAXY  LTD..THE   CARS WERE  SHIPPED TO   JAMAICA   BUT  FOR  SOME UNKNOWN REASON   WERE NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE   RELEASED   TO INDIVIDUAL BUYERS  AS  WAS  EXPECTED BY  CITY BANK. THE  INSTRUCTIONS    WERE NOT INITIALLY  GIVEN  FOR OVER  6 WEEKS OR  MORE UNTIL ABDUNA  ASKED ANOTHER   JAPANESE  ASSOCIATE   WITH   MIZUE.WHEN THE  RELEASE  TOOK PLACE   FINALLY IT  WAS TO  ANOTHER  CAR DEALER ,POSSIBLY  DAVID  PANTON  ON UNIMOTORS   AND NOW  KEY MOTORS. THAT  ACTION  CAUSED   TREMENDOUS  PROBLEMS AS NEITHER THE CAR  NOR   DEPOSITS  WERE  RELEASED TO  ABDUNA.  THE RESULTING  ENTANGLEMENTS  COST  ABDUNA   SEVERAL  YEARS OF  HEART  ACHE,,BECAUSE  WHEN HE  RETURNED TO  JAMAICA    AT HIS  GRANDFATHERS  FUNERAL AND  ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE MATTER  AT GROUND LEVEL HE  SUFFERED SOME   SERIOUS  PERSONAL  AND  FINANCIAL SETBACKS  WHICH  CONTINUE  EVEN TO  THIS  DAY .  ABDUNA  DESPITE  THESE  SET BACK S  WITH THE   GRACE OF  GOD   HAS ENDEAVORED TO  RECOUP THE LOSSES  FROM THE  ACTION OF MR KAZUMASA  MIZUE OF AUTO GALAXY LTD  http://www.autogalaxy.jp/intro_e.html  NEW BUSINESS HAS BEEN  DEVELOPED IN OTHER MARKETS IN THE  ENSUING   YEARS  AND THAT MUST BE  PROTECTED AND   AN ATTEMPT  TO   RECOUP COMPENSATION FROM AUTO GALAXY   FOR  FAILURE TO  DELIVER  NEITHER  GOODS NOR REFUNDS MUST  BE ACTED ON NOW  , TIME IS OF THE  ESSENCE. "THE ARC OF THE MORAL  UNIVERSE IS LONG   BUT ITS  BENDS  TOWARD  JUSTICE" MORE  ANON

 
 
 

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