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.

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.

She's dead. So is your fat pansy. You can be dead, too, if you want.

There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

Above all else, never think you're not good enough.

The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

I go to the movies whenever I get the chance, because the movie theater is like the woods. It's another place that's like a time machine.

Things go up and down. If you can survive the down, it will come back.

I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've left the girl I was supposed to be, and some day I'll be born.

I don't need Hollywood. With or without them, I'll be fine. But I'll admit it would be nice to have them on board.