Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa

Most Excellent Order
of the Pearl of Africa
Most Excellent Order; of the Pearl of Africa ;
Type	Single grade order
Country	Uganda
Ribbon	File:Order of the Pearl of Africa (Uganda) - ribbon bar.gif
Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
Total inductees	8
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Excellent Order of the ; Pearl of Africa
	; ;

The Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa (Swahili: Nishani Ubora wa Lulu ya Afrika) is the highest civilian award of the Ugandan honours system and is awarded to heads of state and government leaders.^[1]

History

The award was instituted in 2001 with the National Honours and Awards Act, 2001 along with other awards.^[1]

Name		Country	Title	Year
File:Julius Nyerere (1965).jpg	Julius Nyerere (posthumous)^[2]	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	1st President	2007
File:Jakaya Kikwete 2011 (cropped).jpg	Jakaya Kikwete^[3]	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	4th President	2007
File:Paul Kagame 2014.jpg	Paul Kagame^[4]	File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda	President	2012
File:Teodoro Obiang.png	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo^[5]	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	President	2012
File:Armando Guebuza, President of Mozambique (cropped).jpg	Armando Guebuza^[6]	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	President	2013
File:His Highness the Aga Khan (15760993697) (cropped).jpg	Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV^[7]	File:Ismaili colors.svg Imamate of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias	Imam	2017
File:Abiy Ahmed during state visit of Reuven Rivlin to Ethiopia, May 2018.jpg	Abiy Ahmed^[8]	File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	Prime Minister	2018
File:Emmerson Mnangagwa Official Portrait.jpg	Emmerson Mnangagwa^[9]	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	President	2019

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The National Honours and Awards Act (PDF)
↑ John Musinguzi (24 February 2013). "Understanding Museveni's medals". The Observer (Uganda). Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "Museveni honours Nyerere". New Vision. 10 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "President Kagame and Nguema receive prestigious awards". State House (Uganda). 26 January 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "How Obiang spoilt Museveni, Kagame party in Kapchorwa". The Independent (Uganda). 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
↑ "President Guebuza Honoured in Uganda". Mozambique News Agency. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "Mawlana Hazar Imam presented with Uganda's highest honour". The Ismaili. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
↑ "Prime Minister Abiy leaves for Uganda - display page - ebc". www.ebc.et. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
↑ "Uganda at 57: Zimbabwe president, Mnangagwa honoured with highest civilian medal", www.nilepost.co.ug, 9 October 2019, retrieved 31 January 2023