We promise to respect people of all creeds: those who are Christians, Muslims as well as those who have decided not to follow any religion.

The opposition should look seriously into reasons that led them to be rejected by the people. To show our good faith in promoting the culture of opposition (politics) in this country, I am going to set up a ministry to look into government and opposition relations.

People who sow seeds of discord by preaching tribalism, racism and religious misunderstanding should find another place to go.

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.

To me, the most critical thing in agriculture is investing in the peasant agriculture, transforming peasant agriculture.

There were times when there were riots in Africa, demonstrations against the IMF because of the policy advice they were giving, the conditionalities they were imposing, and the difficulties that arose out of the implementation of those conditionalities.