Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa is a Ugandan politician and former military officer who has served as the president of Uganda since 1986. Museveni has long been widely considered to be a dictator, with political parties being banned from 1986 to 2005, and the use of violence, legal means and ballot stuffings to maintain power since the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum. As of 2026, after ruli
"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."
"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."
"This is not a mere change of guards, I think this is a fundamental change in the politics of our government."
"If General Omar el Bashirs government gives me permission to pursue Kony beyond the red line, it will only take me 30 minutes to finish him and his fighters."
"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."
"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."
"Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized."
"Ive never heard an agency say: "Unless you industrialize I will not support you."
"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."
"If we could export more finished products instead of raw materials, we could become a middle-income country."
"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."
"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."
