THE LOW DOWN - DONAN BYABAZAIRE
The most friendly and warmest member of our club, PP Donnan Byabazaire is our culprit this week. Come lets journey into the private life of our gallant Past President.
ET: TELL ME ABOUT ROTARIAN DONNAN?
DB: I believe am an easily approachable outgoing person that is always intrigued by nature/scenery. I joined Rotary in August 2004 from the Rotaract Club of Kololo. Three people are key in my Rotaract formation years- Rtns Roger Wamara , Alfred Okot Okidi and Fred Mubiru. I of course was later on guided by others and the rest as they say is history.My classification is stock control services and I presently mainly serve on the service projects committee.
ET: AND WHAT DO YOU DO OUTSIDE ROTARY?
DB: Hahaha..., my family. Am still single and have five siblings. My friends are a broad spectrum from sports, school, Rotary and the communities where I have lived. What do they say about me? Quiet, risk bearer, animal and music lover. Am not very certain, guess you may have to fish them out and get it from the horses' mouths.
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ET: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN & GAMES
DB: I love basketball to the marrow, actively played it and now knee deep in its administration at National level. I like traveling to different places, making friends and sightseeing,playing board games like scrabble, pictionary and omweso. Pets - dogs are my thing. Keep the cats (well, literally speaking) away from me and we are buddies.
ET: LET US GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
DB: Like I mentioned earlier 3 people inspired me to join Rotary. The way they talked about Rotaract/Rotary and more so how they did it by walking up to people individually and chatting them up made you feel they had a genuine cause. My motivation to continue comes from that inner great feeling and satisfaction I get having contributed to making a less advantaged person than me smile. That, and to reckon that it’s the small things we tend to overlook that can change people’s lives.
ET: WHAT IS YOUR HIGHER CALLING?
DB: My dream is to eventually go into private business, take part in tourism development in this country and to also be able to change the mindset of local people on how best to use the different bio fuels at our disposal to our advantage.
ET: GIVE US A WORD TO THE WISE
DB: Lucky Dube sang it-'be good to the people on your way up the ladder coz you might meet them on your way down'.
ET: YOU SAY YOU LOVE TO READ, ANY CATCHY TITLES WE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR?
DB: Not a book worm, but i liked Native Son by Wright, I forget his first name. (A fictional about a young black man loosely involved in a rich woman's death. He struggles to prove his innocence.)
ET: GETTING DOWN TO CRAZY STUFF YOU HAVE DONE?
DB: Plunging into the BAD place (one of the fiercest rapids along the Nile). It’s a deep hole in the river and the water runs over it at top speeds causing mighty whirlpools. Wouldn't do it again-NEVER.
ET: ANY LAST WORD?
DB: Live your life to the fullest. It’s all you've got.