Quotes

‘I want to request and encourage the international community to kindly keep their eyes on Uganda because we are part of the global family and we wouldn’t want to be slaughtered in the dark.’

– Ugandan lawmaker Bobi Wine who is contesting Thursday's election.

‘I have repeatedly said nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen, in any part of the world. Absolutely nobody. Again, I reiterate that it is better to lose power at the cost of gaining peace, than to gain power at the price of losing the peace.’

– Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who conceded to President Muhammadu Buhari before Buhari was declared winner of the 2015 presidential election, on the carnage in the US.

‘Unbelievable! Tone deaf. In denial. I wish my father would simply and politely decline this.’

– Gary Player’s son, Marc, after a trio of Hall of Fame golfers – Player, Annika Sorenstam and Babe Didrikson Zaharias —received the Presidential Medal of Freedom a day after the carnage in Washington

‘The campaign is crazy. It’s like a war and a battlefield.’

– Bobi Wine, the former reggae singer turned Ugandan opposition leader, addressing his country’s bitter and violent presidential election campaign

‘We all have plans, hopes and dreams for 2021. We want it to be better than the year that has passed, and that was filled with such hardship. This can become our common reality if we return to the spirit of solidarity that we have displayed throughout 2020.’

– President Cyril Ramaphosa in his New Year’s message