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A Christian in a changing world!!!!

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This year.....

[Jacqueline Asiimwe @asiimwe4justice]

The Long, Quiet Work of Getting Better

My walk guest today is an actor, comedian, voice-over artist, content creator, and a practitioner of expressive art in its many forms.

What stayed with me is not just what he does, but how intentionally he is thinking about getting better.

Like many artists, his path was not linear. He longed for fine art and interior design, but his father nudged him toward music, dance, and drama (MDD). He resisted at first. In a country like ours, the arts are still too often treated as an afterthought—a leftover option, not a legitimate calling for a child with promise.

But something shifted.

What began as reluctance slowly grew into commitment. And commitment, when taken seriously, becomes discipline.

Today, @CyrusBugaba is deeply invested in honing his craft. Not chasing applause. Not rushing virality. But asking the harder, quieter questions:

How do I grow? How do I refine? What does the next level actually demand of me?

As we walked through and paused to take in the sculptures and works at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial & Fine Arts, one truth felt undeniable:
craft is not hurried.

Mastery takes time.
Excellence requires persistence.
Growth demands focus.

This is not just true for artists.

It is true for leaders.

Leadership, like craft, is not improved by noise or speed. It is strengthened through sustained attention, humility, and the willingness to keep refining, often in quiet, unseen ways.

It requires learning to tune out the noise, the naysayers, the comparisons, the pressure to “blow up”, and to stay faithful to the slow work of becoming better.

And yet, the journey is not solitary.

God, in His generosity, places people along the way, those who see you, who widen your field of vision, who nudge you toward possibility. That is how Cyrus found his way into content creation. Someone noticed. Someone pointed. Someone believed.

And that made all the difference.

So as we stand at the foothills of 2026, let me turn the question outward to you:
•What does next level look like for your craft, skill, or gift?
•Do you know what it will require of you?
•Are you willing to cut through the noise?
•Can you commit, not to perfection, but to the process?
•Are you ready to become a more disciplined, more intentional, more courageous version of yourself?

Because you already have so much going for you.

The invitation now is simple, and demanding:

Lean in. Get better. Play at a higher level.

We are watching. And we are cheering you on.

#WalkTalkConnect #LeaningIntoCraft
#TheWorkOfBecoming
#ArtIsSeriousWork

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@nbstv @KagutaMuseveni Mwalimu @SemweyaMusoke, I highly doubt that Joseph Othieno shall be optimistic at this choice of nomenclature 😅😅😅
@AkenaJimmyMP @OsmanPatricia @OfwonoOpondo @derrickwandera2

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@observerug @TimKalyegira, is this your handwriting?

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@SpireJim NOT on our watch. 😅

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@GenKatusiime But is she really worth it?
Or is she just a cheap troll who enjoys getting a rise out of Ugandans?

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@JonahNkwangu @mwafrika_nana I think dredging up this topic in June 2026 is PETTY.
@JonahNkwangu, you are ardently falling into her snare...

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@JonahNkwangu @mwafrika_nana 🙄

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@marvin_lule68 Bots mainly.

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@HaroldTurijay ......ALL to prove LOVE & LOYALTY to Uganda...😅

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@mukigawamuhoozi @psalaamu50 @ReachDrMuganga The way that you are responding to people's comments says alot!!!

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@Dr_Chris_Twine As a Ugandan, why should I care for posterity & my descendants? Someone out there will!!!

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@KiberuJimmy @FGoloobaMutebi @marc1705 @KagutaMuseveni D.E.L.I.B.E.R.A.T.E.L.Y!!!!

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@DJStef_Official Timooooo!!!!

And just when you hope to have hit rock bottom, you are rudely awakened....

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@mancynie @JustineNameere @EntebbeO Cherry on top of the Masaka WMP seat case!!!
Gives her appointer enough leverage to sack her!!!!

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@ConceptZaks @rkabushenga @SueNsibirwa No....the intellect of those who support her or are of ANY value to her FARRRRR supersedes the one of Nameere and her fans.

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@Jjajja_Waalu @ZeeroBrain You wonder why he is RARELY IF EVER hosted on @ntvuganda or any @NationMediaGrp affiliate.

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@andy_keto @griffinnuyz @Muganzisecure @GovUganda @BOU_Official Imagine for an 800M transaction, you would have to withdraw 16 times.
Talk of security and withdrawal fees.

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@griffinnuyz @Muganzisecure @GovUganda @BOU_Official Spoken like a person who doesn't do business on a regular, especially in the informal sector...

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@JackieAkampwera Oh well... you have approximately 7 months till this takes effect...

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@ReachDrMuganga @DaudiKabanda @Thomas_Tayebwa @aysherbuzu happy martyrs day!!!

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@OsmanPatricia And the perennial remnants in Kampala who need support to get back home....