Yoweri Museveni: Quotes about people

“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.”

Yoweri Museveni

On John Garang's death in a helicopter crash, as quoted in Times Online https://web.archive.org/web/20050805121254/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1722777,00.html (5 August 2005), United Kingdom
2000s

People , Time , Flying

“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

When asked "Do you personally dislike homosexuals?", as quoted in Uganda president: Homosexuals are 'disgusting' http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/24/world/africa/uganda-homosexuality-interview/index.html?sr=fb022414ugandapresident7p (25 February 2014), by Elizabeth Landau, Zain Verjee, and Antonia Mortensen, CNN
2010s

People

“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

At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (23 November 2007), as quoted in "Listen to the young, says Queen" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7108896.stm (23 November 2007), BBC News, United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation
2000s

People

“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.”

Yoweri Museveni

Defending the allocation of forest land to a sugar company (13 April 2007), as quoted in "Uganda leader defends forest plan" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6551905.stm (13 April 2007), BBC News, United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation
2000s

People , Understanding , Future , Country

“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

As quoted in "Pressure builds for change" https://web.archive.org/web/201204251111/http://www.global-briefing.org/2012/04/pressure-builds-for-change/ (April 2012), by Benon Herbert Oluka, Global: The International Briefing
2010s

People , Thinking , Learning , Time