None of the parties want this conflict to go on.

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.

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.

I don't pick up people. This is the work of the police. If there's anybody with a case, it's the police, not me.

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.

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

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

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

Refugee problems can only be solved in the region (of origin) - maybe with a little help from the UN. Governments must provide something for their countries. They need to deliver.

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.

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

There are no miracles these days. Manna will not fall from the sky. Bombs, yes, enough to pierce our hearts, but manna, no.

Dreams can be either fate or a warning.

We care about the dead. We try with our lives to honor theirs. That’s how we make our lives meaningful, and how we make their lives meaningful, too.

You get to a point where the kind of beautiful chaos can't really fuel your creative existence any longer because it's not stable, however amazing and exciting it may be.

I'd rather be shot than be seen falling out of some trendy club.

I'm not looking to write the great American novel, win a Pulitzer or teach history. I write to entertain my readers.

No one told me about boys. I had to figure it out myself. The first thing I learned was that sometimes they grow slower than women mentally.

Larry Lintz steals second standing up. He slid, but he didn't have to.

Even our smallest attempts are not in vain. We know that nothing is lost.

Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.