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“The problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular, is not the people but leaders who want to overstay in power.”
Source: Swearing-in address, Kampala, 29 January 1986 (as reported by the Daily Monitor); he has since ruled for four decades
Context Said when he was sworn in after his rebel army took Kampala; he has since held power for four decades, removing term and age limits along the way.
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