Yoweri Quotes

You see when you give them (civil population in the North and East) a good beating then those who are using them will no longer use them. Since the month of January (1987), we have given them much beating especially in Lira and Kitgum Districts. And in fact the week I left (for Yugoslavia) we had given them a good blow in Gulu District. So it is going to settle down. - 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. - Yoweri Museveni

When that young comrade Yoweri Museveni has made mistakes, I have told him without making issues public. But there is no way I feel I can keep quiet about this issue of presidential candidates in Uganda. I appeal to him not to accept those who are around [him] bending to prevent other candidates. - Kenneth Kaunda

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

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. - Yoweri Museveni

This summit should bring peace to the Congo, ... We have to work toward democracy in the Congo because the lack of democracy is the source of this problem. That is our main challenge. - Yoweri Museveni

There are always arguments, but we ended with a unanimous agreement. - Yoweri Museveni