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You cannot, for instance, sustainably protect the environment if the majority of the people are still in primitive agriculture leading to the encroachment of forest reserves.

Yoweri Museveni

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Yoweri Museveni
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 15
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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa
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