Milton Obote declared ( about Kenneth Kaunda ) : “Mr President sir, the residents of Gulu have resolved and have requested me to ask you to accept that this ground be named President Kaunda Liberation Ground,”

independent-UG Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:57:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “We are against such a kind of double standards. The public must be involved in any development to avoid backlash,”

thestarkenya Thursday, April 1, 2021 3:17:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “Comprehensive investigations have evidently laid bare their unspeakable ill intentions while camouflaging behind the ever-fresh Kanu- the Independence party,”

thestarkenya Saturday, September 26, 2020 2:42:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “We want to categorically confirm and reaffirm that Kanu Kisumu branch leadership is intact and in good working relations with its political affiliates and enshrined in party’s constitution,”

thestarkenya Saturday, September 26, 2020 2:42:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said ( about Milton Obote ) : “UPC therefore appeals to Government to make this day a public holiday and urges Africa to recognize that our founding fathers held a vision for African Unity as pointed out by Dr. A Milton Obote in 1963. Obote in his speech during the formation of OAU in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa rooted for deeper cooperation by the independent African states. ‘’I hold the view that however nice one may feel as complete master in one’s own house, the time has come, indeed almost overdue, for African Independent States to surrender some of their sovereignty in favour of an African Central Legislature and Executive body with specific powers over those subjects where divided control and action would be undesirable,”

ChimpsReport Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:15:00 AM EAT

Milton Obote said : "English, therefore, remains the national language in Uganda when at the same time it is a language that the minority of our people can use for political purposes to improve their own political positions. Some of our people can use it in order to improve their economic status,"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : "We have, therefore, adopted English as our political and national language,"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : "Luganda and Lunyoro are spoken by the greatest number of our people, but immediately we adopt either of them as the official language for administrative purposes or legislation, some of us will have to go out of the government. Other areas would feel unrepresented. So, there again, we find no alternative to English,"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : "We don't need the national language for the workers to talk and argue their terms with their employers. We need such a language to cover every aspect of our lives intellectually, politically, economically," "When I move out of Kampala to talk to the people, I have to talk in English. I lose a lot as it has to be translated through a third party. That's why they say there are no secrets in Africa"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “We look forward to concrete action following this conference,”

premiumtimesng Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:33:00 AM EAT

Milton Obote writes ( about Idi Amin ) : “I was the first to receive in the afternoon on the April 11, 1979, the news of Amin’s fall. No member of the UNLF could have been the first, or even amongst the first 100 to receive that news. This was so because they were never involved in and were not in the war against Amin. As their record in office showed, they were not a political force at all,”

theCitizen Monday, November 18, 2019 1:52:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote writes : “When Kampala fell to Kikosi Maalum,”

theCitizen Monday, November 18, 2019 1:52:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote writes : “The news that David [Oyite-Ojok] gave me was the most exhilarating. The struggle that the UPC had waged from January 25, 1971, came to an end that day when Amin’s dictatorship fell,” “The first thing I did was to ring president Nyerere and reported what I had heard from David who rang me from Kampala which had fallen that morning. The president came to my residence immediately and we celebrated together”

theCitizen Monday, November 18, 2019 1:52:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote says : “Myths and Realities: A letter to a London Friend,”

independent-UG Saturday, February 9, 2019 8:42:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said ( about Idi Amin ) : “Before the UNLF itself was formed, I had, as UPC leaders, sent Teams to Masaka and Ankole Districts to mobilise the people to support the war efforts for the overthrow of Amin. The leader of the Masaka team was Samwiri Mugwisa. The leaders of the Ankole team were Chris Rwakasisi and Major Edward Rurangaranga. I had also sent before the formation of the UNLF a team of Economists under the leadership of Joseph Okune to Masaka to observe, assess and report on the war damage to the economy and infrastructure,”

redpepper Friday, August 4, 2017 7:55:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote declared ( about Kenneth Kaunda ) : “Mr President sir, the residents of Gulu have resolved and have requested me to ask you to accept that this ground be named President Kaunda Liberation Ground,”

independent-UG Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:57:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “We are against such a kind of double standards. The public must be involved in any development to avoid backlash,”

thestarkenya Thursday, April 1, 2021 3:17:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “Comprehensive investigations have evidently laid bare their unspeakable ill intentions while camouflaging behind the ever-fresh Kanu- the Independence party,”

thestarkenya Saturday, September 26, 2020 2:42:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “We want to categorically confirm and reaffirm that Kanu Kisumu branch leadership is intact and in good working relations with its political affiliates and enshrined in party’s constitution,”

thestarkenya Saturday, September 26, 2020 2:42:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said ( about Milton Obote ) : “UPC therefore appeals to Government to make this day a public holiday and urges Africa to recognize that our founding fathers held a vision for African Unity as pointed out by Dr. A Milton Obote in 1963. Obote in his speech during the formation of OAU in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa rooted for deeper cooperation by the independent African states. ‘’I hold the view that however nice one may feel as complete master in one’s own house, the time has come, indeed almost overdue, for African Independent States to surrender some of their sovereignty in favour of an African Central Legislature and Executive body with specific powers over those subjects where divided control and action would be undesirable,”

ChimpsReport Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:15:00 AM EAT

Milton Obote said : "English, therefore, remains the national language in Uganda when at the same time it is a language that the minority of our people can use for political purposes to improve their own political positions. Some of our people can use it in order to improve their economic status,"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : "We have, therefore, adopted English as our political and national language,"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : "Luganda and Lunyoro are spoken by the greatest number of our people, but immediately we adopt either of them as the official language for administrative purposes or legislation, some of us will have to go out of the government. Other areas would feel unrepresented. So, there again, we find no alternative to English,"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : "We don't need the national language for the workers to talk and argue their terms with their employers. We need such a language to cover every aspect of our lives intellectually, politically, economically," "When I move out of Kampala to talk to the people, I have to talk in English. I lose a lot as it has to be translated through a third party. That's why they say there are no secrets in Africa"

allafrica Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:19:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said : “We look forward to concrete action following this conference,”

premiumtimesng Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:33:00 AM EAT

Milton Obote writes ( about Idi Amin ) : “I was the first to receive in the afternoon on the April 11, 1979, the news of Amin’s fall. No member of the UNLF could have been the first, or even amongst the first 100 to receive that news. This was so because they were never involved in and were not in the war against Amin. As their record in office showed, they were not a political force at all,”

theCitizen Monday, November 18, 2019 1:52:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote writes : “When Kampala fell to Kikosi Maalum,”

theCitizen Monday, November 18, 2019 1:52:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote writes : “The news that David [Oyite-Ojok] gave me was the most exhilarating. The struggle that the UPC had waged from January 25, 1971, came to an end that day when Amin’s dictatorship fell,” “The first thing I did was to ring president Nyerere and reported what I had heard from David who rang me from Kampala which had fallen that morning. The president came to my residence immediately and we celebrated together”

theCitizen Monday, November 18, 2019 1:52:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote says : “Myths and Realities: A letter to a London Friend,”

independent-UG Saturday, February 9, 2019 8:42:00 PM EAT

Milton Obote said ( about Idi Amin ) : “Before the UNLF itself was formed, I had, as UPC leaders, sent Teams to Masaka and Ankole Districts to mobilise the people to support the war efforts for the overthrow of Amin. The leader of the Masaka team was Samwiri Mugwisa. The leaders of the Ankole team were Chris Rwakasisi and Major Edward Rurangaranga. I had also sent before the formation of the UNLF a team of Economists under the leadership of Joseph Okune to Masaka to observe, assess and report on the war damage to the economy and infrastructure,”

redpepper Friday, August 4, 2017 7:55:00 PM EAT