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Edith Sempala Quotes

born 1953

Edith Grace Sempala is a Ugandan civil engineer, civil servant, diplomat and political activist, who has served as Director and Senior Adviser at the World Bank since 2008. She previously served as Uganda's representative to the Nordic countries, the United States, the African Union, Ethiopia and Djibouti.

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Guard your attitude because it will determine your altitude.

My job as a diplomat was basically to do public relations for Uganda because then we were only better known for “Amin the dictator”.

Complaints are normal even in democracies. This doesn't mean you should take up arms.

The biggest challenge is we inherited a faulty foundation from colonialism. We had the opportunity to build our foundation, but Obote wanted to preserve himself; hence the foundation was not made.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edith Sempala (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.