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
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Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
Total inductees	8
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Excellent Order of the ; Pearl of Africa
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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]

TypeSingle grade order

CountryUganda

StatusCurrently constituted

Total inductees8

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	Country	Title	Year
Julius Nyerere (posthumous)^[2]	Tanzania	1st President	2007
Jakaya Kikwete^[3]	Tanzania	4th President	2007
Paul Kagame^[4]	Rwanda	President	2012
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo^[5]	Equatorial Guinea	President	2012
Armando Guebuza^[6]	Mozambique	President	2013
Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV^[7]	United Kingdom	Imam	2017
Abiy Ahmed^[8]	Ethiopia	Prime Minister	2018
Emmerson Mnangagwa^[9]	Zimbabwe	President	2019
Shah Rahim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan V	United Kingdom	Imam	2025

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