Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; born 15 September c. 1944) is a Ugandan politician who has been President of Uganda since 29 January 1986...
NationalityUgandan
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 August 1944
CityNtungamo, Uganda
CountryUganda
water working-together needs
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.
mistake made invites
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.
levels groups ignored
Some intelligence officers filed reports saying that this is a dangerous group, but at one level it was not forwarded, it was just ignored,
rights people force
In the areas which have been disturbed people are living cordially with the Security Forces. In areas like Gulu people are living peacefully. There is scrupulous respect of human rights.
creating east middle
The chaotic situation in Libya is definitely creating a threat. Libya now connects the jihadists in Africa with those in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. This could have been avoided.
fighting feet rebel
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.
coffee uganda dollars
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.
war conventions geneva-convention
What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.
agriculture people majority
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.
country uganda challenges
My critics always forget to mention that I was democratically elected, the others were not. Everyone in Uganda can challenge me, everyone can vote, the elections are free. Not many countries have achieved what we did.
done unions addresses
When the problems in Libya started, the African Union set up a committee to address the situation. We urgently advised the Europeans not to intervene. You have done so anyway. Now we are seeing absolute chaos there.
rome rights leader
I was against impunity when it comes to human rights violations. But many of us African leaders now want to leave the Rome Statute as soon as possible because of this Western arrogance.
order emphasis democratic
One of the emphases of the new democratic order is no impunity.
gdp giving needs
I have made revenue collection a frontline institution because it is the one which can emancipate us from begging. If we can get about 22% of GDP we should not need to disturb anybody asking for aid; instead of coming here to bother you, give me this, give me this, I shall come here to greet you, to trade with you.