Truly,
Environment is Everything. Lives will always be impacted on when people come
together to share their passions, aspirations & goals. That is what
happened at the First ever Live Your Legend Meetup in Kampala. Eight amazingly brilliant minds came together for this meetup. Let’s get to
know these wonderful guys...
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| From Left to Right: Kevin Muwonge, Esther Bayiga, Alice Bayiyana, Lorine Nashemeza, Martin Karui, Ernest Jacob Tuape (Host) & Keem Mutebi (Seated). Emmanuel Ogumale is in the pic below. |
ERNEST
JACOB TUAPE: Ernest was the host at the Kampala meetup. His aspiration is to
make a contribution towards the fight against cancer both in his country and
the world at large. He is currently running a part time business in selling
cupcakes,
ALICE
BAYIYANA: Alice is an immunologist who is very passionate about children. She
almost quit her job last year but due to family pressure, she didn’t. She hung
in there and is doing pretty well. Alice teaches children in Sunday school
because of her love for them. She is learning her third language- German. Her biggest
2014 goal is to travel to Germany to start on her masters in Bioinformatics.
Her ultimate life goal is to build a children’s centre that will provide basic
needs for vulnerable children. Before our next meet up in February, she wants
to i) Process her driving licence, ii) Establish her mushroom growing project
& iii) Become a better teacher for the children. She says she was inspired
and learned a lot at the meetup.
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| Emmanuel Ogumale (in cream shirt) |
EMMANUEL OGUMALE: Emma is a jack of all trades
and a master of all as well. He is a one man band (plays the guitar, key board,
drums & a great vocalist too), a microbiologist, a health and safety
manager, a salesperson/marketer, a preacher, a farmer and an aspiring agro-forester. He
took a positive psychology course when he felt depressed at his job and has now
become one of the most resourceful and indispensible assets at his work place. He says attending a P.R.O &
C.E.O conference last year was the light bulb moment for him. He gave us some
good advice from one of the C.E.O’s he met “Never start a business that you are not fully incharge of”. He expects to see results in 2014. Emma trains children on
how to play musical instruments during his free time. Before our next meetup,
Emma wants to have made 5 deals for his company. He also expects to undertake
some personal development especially where planning for his life is concerned. His
final words for us were “Don’t allow being myopic”.
LORINE
NANSHEMEZA: At 19 years of age, Lorine was the youngest of our guests but doing
amazing things. She wears so many hats and I was challenged. She is a first
year student at university pursuing a Bachelors degree in Finance &
Accounting. She volunteers with Save the Children as a peer educator.
Furthermore, she is the marketing manager of Lovi Events, a family owned events
management company. Her main 2014 goal is to raise and pay for her own tuition.
Her goals before our next meetup are i) To travel to Kabale district on
assignment under Raising Voices & ii) To buy herself a new phone. She
thought the meetup was such a mind opener.
MARTIN
KAIRU: Martin is a Neuro-linguistics Programmer. This guy
had quite an inspirational story. In summary, the company he was working for
closed down just 2 months after welcoming a very beautiful baby girl into his
family. Worse still, all his money was stolen at the end of 2012. Inspite of those
incidents, he says 2013 was his best year in life. Martin bought himself a book that
taught him about change management. This is a field he is passionately training
people in. He told us “Everything comes with a manual, except human beings”. In
2014, he is focusing on training more people on the concept of change
management. Before our next meetup, he wants to have sold out places for his
next training taking place in February. He also wants to work on a proper plan
for his life for this year. “Amazing” was his comment about the meetup.
KEVIN
MUWONGE: He is a Molecular Biologist who aspires to become a professor. He says 2013 was his worst year as he never achieved any of his
aspirations. Kevin is a very brilliant guy and has always scored marks that are
way above what the average student scores (In fact I should ask him to take an
IQ test). He is currently a product specialist with a company that deals in
laboratory equipment and supplies. His main 2014 goal is to embark on his
masters in Molecular Biology. Before our next meetup, he wants to interact and
learn more on “how to make sales” from Martin and Emmanuel. His comment about
the meetup- “Best decision I have ever made”.
ESTHER
BAYIGA: Esther is an administrative researcher and a writer. She is currently
pursuing a masters degree in Health Services Research. Her story is of
an ambitious young lady for whom every piece of her puzzle seems to be fitting in so
well in perfect timing. After working with an accounting firm before completing
her undergraduate course, she joined UNESCO as an intern. Attending a
conference in Paris last year was one of her most exciting experiences. Her
main 2014 goal is to complete her masters research. Before our next meeting,
she wants to i) keep her appointments with some writers, ii) Catch up with
friend since her social life seems to be dying iii) Get a job opportunity &
iv) Work on her plan to travel to Germany. “Brilliant idea. I have been
challenged. It’s been worth my time” is what she said about the meetup.
KEEM
MUTEBI: A Mass Communication and Journalism student, Keem is
a multitalented talented young man. He is an MC, a dancer, a comedian/actor and
a craftsman who makes jewellery. He volunteers with KiBO Foundation (a social
enterprise which trains the youth in ICT & Leadership) in the external
events department. This guy has got a big heart for making a difference in
society. In 2014, he wants to train 150 women on how to make jewellery free of
charge. He has offered to partner with Alice Bayiyana such that he can also
train the children under her tutelage on how to make jewellery as well. He
wants to train 50 women on jewellery making before our next meetup. Secondly,
he also wants to regulate on his sleep since he has realized he wastes a lot of
time in bed. His comment at the end of the meetup was, “I have been encouraged
and inspired”.
Thanks guys for your time. You were such an inspiring group.
