"It is very noteworthy to underline that we have prepared the Atomic Energy Amendment Bill and we are also preparing the local content strategy for nuclear energy development."

"Human capital development and steady infrastructural development have been very consequential."

"The ministry is currently ensuring that human capacity is developed in order to facilitate proper takeover of several projects under the build, operate and transfer arrangement."

"Our key strategic pillars, with regards to the sustainable development of petroleum resources, revolve around six principles: ensure the sustainable production and utilisation of Uganda’s oil and gas resources; strengthen the legal and regulatory frameworks; enhance local capacity in the oil and gas operations; promote private investment; enhance quality, health, safety, security and environment (QHSSE); and improve the security of the supply of refined petroleum products."

"The principles guiding our actions in the transmission and distribution space focus on ensuring an increased electricity access rate, as well as consumption."

"In terms of our work in the oil and gas downstream, it is our goal to acquire a strategic partner to develop the Kampala Storage Terminal and have its engineering designs developed."

""The first rule of war is know your enemy, and Europe and the current American government are unwilling to define this war as against Islamist terrorism. If in Belgium they continue eating chocolate and enjoying life, and continue to appear as great democrats and liberals, they won't be aware that some Muslims in their country are organising terror, they won't be able to fight them." Israeli minister: Belgians who continue to eat chocolate, enjoy life can't fight terror"

"The concept of loyalty is a very strange one. My prayer is, may our loyalty never be tested.”"

"The more transport infrastructure we provide the more efficient the economy becomes, resulting in more business opportunities."

"The health of the private sector in any economy is a fair measure of how prosperous and democratic that economy is."

"I have played my role but people can decide whether it is quiet or not"

"Democracy does not guarantee that the leader or those leaders will deliver or indeed are able to deliver on what we want."

"I think the debate we must have is whether we really want autonomous local government. As it stands today, it is unrealistic to expect autonomy for local governments created by the constitution. They were not meant to be autonomous"

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"We believe OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) have done a lot in bringing about stability. There is nothing more profound, more important for energy security than having to have a stable market."

"Let me be very specific about it, we (Saudi Arabia) do have a huge amount of uranium resources that we would like to exploit and we will be doing it in the most transparent way, we will be bringing in partners."

"We cannot realize our potential as a country, without an environment that enables us to optimize on opportunities around us"

"The reason we have this candidature is because I believe that I am a visionary, strategic, innovative and transformative leader with a track record of successful public service, proven commitment and integrity. I have insights in government and private organisations at the national, regional and international levels"

"Believing that I have the expertise, experience, skills and competencies to move the Commonwealth secretariat to the next level, I seek your support and endorsement at the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit to serve as the next secretary general”"

"We need to address climate change, we need to limit the temperature rise globally to the maximum extent but we cannot do it at the expense of keeping people in poverty and stopping their economic development."

"It is common that once presidents start governing then a lot more substance comes out."

"The US is sort of the flag-bearer for capitalism and free markets, the US continues to be a very important part of a global industry that is interconnected, that is dealing with a fungible commodity which is crude oil. So having equalisation through free trade is very healthy for oil."

"At his heart President-elect Trump will see the benefits and I think the oil industry will also be advising him accordingly that blocking trade in any product is not healthy."

"If you think of economies like India and China and other energy intensive economies, I think the US has a lot more flexibility to meet Paris with less sacrifices, the US already enjoys a competitive advantage in terms of its energy costs and I think, given what is happening in technology and renewables, especially in the US capabilities in that regard, I think the US will find that provided everybody lives by Paris, the US would retain if not improve its global competitive position."

"If we don't stand together, we will never catch up and the industrialised nations won't care. I predict it here today as your brother."

"Senator, some of us strongly believe that Americans are the last people that can go around the world preaching morality. What we are doing to the blacks in Africa today is what you have already done and continue to do to the American Indian."

"A new era has begun in South Africa. My government is removing racial discrimination. We want to be accepted by our African brothers."

"His [Nelson Mandela's] death is irreversible, his legacy, undying. All of us, the government, the voters, civil society, the churches, are faced with an inescapable challenge: are we going to honor and sustain his legacy or deviate from it? Indeed, leaders across the globe ought to reflect on his legacy – particularly while they have the option to resolve disputes through peaceful negotiations instead of violence; abolish all nuclear devices or retain them to destroy our planet; take the quantum leap required to avert the lethal consequences of climate change and the depletion of the planet’s natural resources or enjoy our daily greed to such an extent that it forbids us to preserve our planet for our children to survive."