Yoweri Museveni quotes

I've never heard an agency say: "Unless you industrialize I will not support you." (Yoweri Museveni)

When we sell a kilo of bean coffee in Uganda, we get one dollar per kilo, ... The same kilo, when it is processed and sold in Britain, goes for 10, 11 or even more a kilo. That is the same situation price disparity that goes for all raw materials.

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None of the parties want this conflict to go on.

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We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.

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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.

Yoweri Museveni

What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.

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You cannot, for instance, sustainably protect the environment if the majority of the people are still in primitive agriculture leading to the encroachment of forest reserves.

Yoweri Museveni

I shall not be deterred by people who don't see where the future of Africa lies. It is the short-sighted people who put their opinions in writing. They don't understand that the future of all countries lies in processing.

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We fought a lonely battle against terrorism sponsored by Sudan, and we have defeated it. We cannot be intimidated by any force. For us our guide is the Constitution of Uganda and the laws there under.

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Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.

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Some people think that being in government for a long time is a bad thing. But the more you stay, the more you learn. I am now an expert in governance. (Yoweri Museveni)

The island is in Kenya, the water is in Uganda... But the [Luos, a Kenyan ethnic group] are mad, they want to fish here but this is Uganda.

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Of course. They're disgusting. What sort of people are they? I never knew what they were doing. I've been told recently that what they do is terrible. Disgusting.

Yoweri Museveni

If we could export more finished products instead of raw materials, we could become a middle-income country.

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In 1972, Idi Amin expelled 80,000 [Ugandan] Indians and confiscated their 4,000 properties. Now, after returning those properties to their rightful owners, we have ensured that security of persons and property are guaranteed under the constitution.

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This is not a mere change of guards, I think this is a fundamental change in the politics of our government.

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Even when we were still fighting in the bush against the oppressive dictatorships of Idi Amin and Milton Obote, we introduced elections for the committees of the villages under our control.

Yoweri Museveni

Some people say accident; it may be an accident. It may be something else. The [helicopter] was very well equipped, this was my [helicopter] the one I am flying all the time, I am not ruling anything out. Either the pilot panicked... [E]ither there was some side wind or the instruments failed or there was an external factor.

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If General Omar el Bashir's government gives me permission to pursue Kony beyond the red line, it will only take me 30 minutes to finish him and his fighters.

Yoweri Museveni

I don't know about torture. I have educated myself on many things but on torture I have not known the boundary between what is torture and what isn't torture. I know the NRA tie these people (rebels, etc.) when they catch them. They tie their hands backwards. I am now being told that is torture. It is the traditional method.

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The soldiers feel that the Police are not serious with the criminal elements and that they are corrupt. The army had to come in and insist that criminals must be punished. It happens in all countries, there is a time when the army assumes the duty of internal security. (Yoweri Museveni)

I did not, I could not and I will never invite Obote, ... This is because Obote is someone who made a lot of mistakes in our history.

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Since our region is endowed with a lot of natural resources, including reasonable supplies of fresh water, we need and we can work together to ensure this area against these vicissitudes.

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One of the emphases of the new democratic order is no impunity.

Yoweri Museveni

If there is no bread eat mwogo (cassava). Africans really confuse themselves. You're complaining that there's no bread or wheat, please eat mwogo. I don't eat bread myself...

Yoweri Museveni