Through It All By Dr J P T Nyeko

 I have just finished reading Dr. Pr. Jolly P. Tumuhairwe Nyeko's book entitled THROUGH IT ALL and have been blessed 

It is a loaded book that deserves a series of deep conversations after  reading it. One could easily develop it into a series of three or four other books. However I am aware that this is her third book already. 

In THROUGH IT ALL, Pr. Nyeko narrates her humble journey from the beautiful sun kissed hills of Kabale. It is here that  her family battled with extreme poverty, the often untold conflicts in a polygamous family, the pain of being a third party recipient of traumatizing judicial decisions and caring for an ailing mother. The book also talks of overcoming all that graduate from the Ivory Towers of Makerere University, United Kingdom and Canada

Dr Nyeko's story keeps you glued as you read it. She exemplifies resilience and hardwork through her escape from the traps of early marriage, selling christian books all over the then dusty streets of  Kampala in order to pay for her tuition, escaping from near abduction during the hard times of Idi Amin and confronting culture in her determination to pursue an education in Mr St Mary's Namagunga

The book is also humorous. She shares her cheeky times with fellow children up in the hills of Kabale as well  her story of love which culminated into a forty year blessed marriage to her Namilyango sweetheart. The love story started from an academic conference at St Mary Namagunga, was grounded at Makerere University and developed during the days of Idi Amin's Uganda and ither coup d'etats in Uganda whilst the couple pursued  careers in Entebbe and Uganda. You will read about the pain of being separated from one's children and the quiet toughness of a mother in distress

The book further explores her work as a  Welfare and Probation officer, her use on social capital, her enterprenural mind and creative mind. She takes us through her world of  intervening in a Uganda  that was riddled with the after effects of AIDS ,  the crisis of orphans and how her career and ministry developed around her career, love for children, farming, academia and finally her pastoral work in Worship Harvest Masulita. 

In her conversational style, like a true Mukiga, Pr Nyeko does not run away from revealing the highs and lows of the teenage years, the detrminatinon to end early distracting love, dealing with poverty and lack, including the dicey issue of inlaws in cross cultural marriages

For the bereaved and retirees, Pr. Nyeko has a story for you too ; She writes about the care for and finally loss of her beloved George, trying to make sense of life after the loss and the strategies she has put in place to live on. She also shares her passion for agriculture, her decision to obey God's word in starting a Church and her zeal to keep following

When I started reading this book, I didn't put it down until I was done. It is a gripping story and for the emotional person have a  handkerchief nearby. For the ones who are zealous for God, be prepared to be encouraged. For those unsure of their purpose, many ideas will flow and for those dealing with any sort of hard season in your life, prepare to be excouraged. 

I recommend this book to all of us. Regardless 

Thank you Pr Dr Jolly P.  T. Nyeko for sharing your story

_*By D. R. Ruhweza*_

THANKFULLY MWIRIAN

 One of the best decisions I made in life, after giving my life to Christ and marrying my Clare, was to join Busoga College Mwiri 

Mwiri opened doors for me to learn and get an education. Most of my best friends, great life experiences, close colleagues, spiritual encounters, leadership development and life skills were hewn in that place

I can connect so much to Mwiri because of the foundation I got there

I am honoured to be an alumnus and done the Mwiri colours with pride 

Daniel R Ruhweza 

Mwirian

Lawyer

Christian 

Poet

Author

Leadership Enthusiast

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Leadership Nuggets Team

 Dear Team

It has been an honor to run the Leadership Nuggets Conversations side by side with you all 

We thank God for the space He has provided us in this digital world to meet virtually and in some cases (rarely) physically.  I am grateful to the sacrificial dedication you have put in to ensure we do not drop this precious ball

By God's grace, we have reached many people even as we have learnt through the various books together. 

Thank you all for helping me understand better what teamwork, collaboration and dedication to the cause means

Even as we continue with these Nuggets through the festive season (for leadership never stops), it is my prayer that we shall even aim higher next year

I see us becoming better leaders of ourselves, those closest to us and the world. 

Am grateful for Ap Mo Mukisa who birthed this idea in me and for the different authors whose books we have been  blessed to read and decipher

I thank you all for such an amazing journey and look forward to conquering greater horizons as a team 

Aluta continua 

God bless us all

Amen 

_ ... to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!... (Jude 25).. Amen.

In His service 

Daniel R Ruhweza 

Convener, _Leadership Nuggets_

OMUGENYI TAYEGENYA

 OMUGENYI TAYEGENYA ...

 _Omugenyi tayegenya ... Bamugenya_ Tooro Proverb

This proverb was taught to me yesterday by my brother Patrick Mwesige. Yes, he of the Zenith Consulting Group

Often when invited to certain spaces, we have ideas of  what should be done and how. The big headed amongst want to direct ourselves and determine what to be done

At a recently concluded Gathering, a friend confided in me that ushering is not a thing they will.do again because of  how guests behave. The self important get onto your nerves, people do not follow instructions, others think they can donit better etc

This Tooro proverb has however hit the point home. 

As a guest , keep in your lane. Simple

Thank you Patrick

Dear Miriam

Hello dear Miriam

 

Last night I received the sad news that you had left this earthy body to go and meet our saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. I say sad news because we shall not see you in the physical form that we know in this world. Sad that we will not see you again although we know that you have gone to a better place. Sad that we will not hear your hearty loud laughter and passionate conversations. Sad that Jack will miss you and so will you dear children. Sad that we shall miss your jokes and how you used to tease us

 

I know that our Lord and God also feels sad about this day. For Psalm 116:15 NKJV says that “Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.” However, I know that we shall meet again when meet before our Lord Jesus Christ. Yes we shall. For all this is but temporary. I am encouraged by these words:

 

The Coming of the Lord

13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,[d] that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Rest with the Angels Miriam. Rest with our Lord Jesus Christ. We know that you are in a better place. Nonetheless, we shall miss you dearly.

Love

The Ruhwezas

December 9, 2025

The Power of the Covenant

The Power of the Covenant

When David was still a young boy, he was sent to visit his elder brothers at the battlefield. Whilst there, he was shocked to listen to Goliath the giant abusing and ridiculing the Army of Israel. David asks that powerful question which has always been on my mind - Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he can dare to defy the armies of the Living God? (1 Samuel 17: 26 ESV)

That Question right there revealed the true identity of David. On the one hand, he was Covenanted (in a relationship with God) and thus He knew who God was and what that relationship meant (This is very similar to what Joseph had earlier said - '...How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” ...' (Genesis 39: 9). These two young men showed that they had a deep relationship with God. This showed that they must have mastered their relationship at a very young age and that is a lesson we shall explore later. Suffice to say there is a duty on us as parents to teach these words to our Children (Deuteronomy 6:6-7 New King James Version 6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (Joshua 1:8, Psalm 119:11, Isaiah 55:3, Psalm 119:105)

Now back to David - He not only heard about GOD - but he knew Him well enough to understand that God is not one to be defied. It was this personal relationship which we see God "testify" about this Himself. 1 Samuel 13:14 (New King James Version)14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.” In the same way that He did for Moses,

5 Then the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. 6 Then He said,

“Hear now My words:

If there is a prophet among you,

I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision;

I speak to him in a dream.

7 Not so with My servant Moses;

He is faithful in all My house.

8 I speak with him face to face,

Even plainly,[c] and not in [d]dark sayings;

And he sees the form of the Lord.

Why then were you not afraid

To speak against My servant Moses?” (Numbers 12: 5- 8 NKJV)

Job -

And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” (Job 1: 8)

and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ….

And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Mathew 3: 17 NKJV). Immediately we are reminded about the Scripture that says Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! (Psalm 33:12 ESV)

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It is therefore that kind of relationship which made David certain that Goliath would not withstand the onslaught that was about to happen to him. David did not trust in weapons, nor experience (although he had practiced with bears and lions

34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.)

Rather, David trusted in that covenant relationship with God as stated in 1 Samuel 17: 26 ESV. It is for that reason that he responded to Goliath thus

“You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.”

The lesson we learn from this is that when we are in covenant with God, it gives us a confidence many will not attend (see Eliab’s response in (1 Samuel 17: 28 -30). More so, that God will do exceedingly abundantly over what we can expect or imagine because of that covenant

Amen