"The incumbent district woman MP, placed announcements on the radio stations calling for voters to turn up for the postponed elections in large numbers. She promised them meals and a transport refund for their effort."

"I think the situation is fluid and would only get worse if not arrested in time"

"Leadership is tough because of the weight of responsibility and the demand it places on an individual to lay down their life."

"Many innocent people end up behind bars because they lack legal representation. I am determined to leave prison a learned woman so that I fight for the rights of the underprivileged."

"People out there think prisoners do not have the brains to study law, but I have made it. I am now an alumni of the University of London."

"Hanging a person is not a deterrent since everyone deserves a second chance to live. That is why I petitioned against the death penalty."

"People will always attack you and your decisions even when they are carried out with integrity and a pure heart."

"As I mature as a leader, I realize that leadership is about influence as opposed to position."

"A woman that is secure, confident, grounded, economically empowered has the ability to change the direction of a family and in so doing can change the value system of an individual."

"Empowering a woman who nurtures and influences both the boy and girl child is a key component to a better nation."

"Women have a foundational role to play in building families, institutions and the nation."

"I believe that God called me to empower women."

"Women who venture into politics often have fewer resources than their male peers and many of us are judged based almost entirely on trivial things like physical appearance or temperament."

"I am not aware of what you are talking about but if given chance, I have the experience and I can easily blend in and fight corruption since I was once a state Minister in the same sector."

"This is the kind of thinking that's needed from our leaders after making several promises and it should be all of us to follow them up"

"I am ready to work with the team to ensure that we deliver and take the sector to a higher level,"

"I am impressed by young women who dedicate their lives to service. We have a young lady in Sembabule named Shartsi who has a campaign centered around accountability, I believe it's called Gobelela""

"My political journey has had its fair share of these difficulties but evidence has proven that African female politicians have played a key role in redefining the politics of their respective countries, as well as the entire continent.""

"We believe in our cultures and values of Uganda and we do legislate for the population and the people in Uganda."

"I call upon the East African Community to trouble-shoot the Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) that continue to breach the EAC Common Market Protocol and inhibit the integration process. These NTBs manifest through tax measures, quality and safety standards, import bans and customs and trade facilitation measures."

"With a lot of humility, I thank my colleagues the Members of Parliament for withstanding all the pressure from bullies and doomsday conspiracy theorists in the interest of our country."

"Business enterprises irrespective of size must be innovative to remain relevant and competitive locally and regionally. However, innovators need to protect their intellectual property in order to gain from their creativity."

"Intellectual property is one of the single largest opportunities for companies to increase strategic business value, create new business opportunities, and accelerate barriers to entry for competitors. IP represents a significant, untapped opportunity for revenue generation,."

"The government of Uganda is well aware of the benefits and role that Intellectual Property can play to accelerate the socio-economic development of our country. The passing of the national IP policy aimed at stimulating effective and strategic use of intellectual property in all sectors in order to attain rapid economic development."

"I know that these inequalities are reproduced in the family, the community and they are also reproduced in the workplace where we find ourselves as lawyers. Women lawyers can bring about substantive changes not only in the practice of the law, but in the law itself"

"We must position women. The feminization of the legal profession will have meaning only if women are positioned in high levels of this practice. Because this is where decisions are made."

"We must be where decisions are made. Of course we know that the legal profession is wide. And a young generation should be aware that there is a possibility that what they are engaged in today, may not be what they will be engaged in decades ahead."

"There is a need to change the social not just the legal understandings of rape in Uganda. Like with any other social phenomena, crime can only be understood by interrogating the broad social context within which it occurs. To understand issues of sexuality and sexual encounters between men and women, it is crucial that the discussion is placed within the discourse of gender in Uganda’s patriarchal society."

"Reducing crime must be preceded by interrogating society’s views on the crime in question. Knowing what society considers acceptable behaviour may explain the prevalence of an offence."

"It only covers sexual assaults of women and does not recognise men as possible victims. It is concerned with the absence of consent either because force was used or because the consent was a result of fraud and falsehood. Prosecutors must also deal with the issue of the state of mind of the accused. If there is no mental fault, it is not regarded as rape. Honest belief in consent is enough to free the accused from criminal liability even if that belief might seem unreasonable."

"I believe freedom of expression is a human right just like other rights and I think every judicial officer at every level needs training in human rights, and most certainly on freedom of expression, because it is critical to interpret law within a human rights perspective. We must also remember that freedom of expression is important for democracy, good governance and the rule of law and that these three are really the bedrock of development."

"When we talk about the need to protect journalists, both men and women must be protected. But there is no doubt that women journalists are more vulnerable to certain kinds of violations of rights which perhaps men are not as vulnerable to. It is important to recognize that, when discussing the protection of rights, the groups we talk about are not homogenous. This is the reason why we must talk about violence against women specifically when discussing violence against journalists. In other words actors interested in protecting the human rights of journalists must put on a gender lense and mainstream gender into their work."

"I think the African human rights regime has taken up this issue, which is illustrated in the way the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights has expounded on the right to access to information as a tool for socio-economic development. This will have a trickle-down effect as we are dealing with the issues at the regional level. However, it is also important to deal with these issues at the national level through institutions that we all ascribe to, such as the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, because that jurisprudence cannot be questioned by Member States. I also think that, the fact that social media today has thrived, really helps spreading the information on violations out there."

"One of the things I realised is that academic work, scholarly work or legal scholarship, is actually an advantage to a person because we are talking about discussing principles of law, especially when you are serving in the highest court, the court which has the last say in dispute resolution."

"Instead of battling with Kenya over our eggs and sugar, we shall take our commodities to a bigger market (DRC). Kenya has about 40 million people while DRC has 90 million people. We have a bigger market in DRC than in Kenya. For Ugandans, it is a big plus for us to now have more than one route of access to the sea."

"The government of Uganda recognizes the importance of regional integration and trade, and is committed to promoting policies and initiatives that will help to further strengthen economic ties between our countries."

"Charcoal is transported from here to Kenya and Rwanda through our borders. I wrote to the Finance Minister [Matia Kasaija] about the charcoal trade."

"The Congolese are our neighbours for good."

"I don't support the idea that gender equality and women empowerment should be attained at the cost of the family"