Orders, decorations, and medals of Uganda

The Ugandan honours system consists of orders and medals awarded for exemplary service to the nation.^[1][2]

The current awards were are provided for by The National Honours and Awards Act , 2001.

Orders and medals

Republic of Uganda

Civilian Orders		Rank / Class	Note
	The Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa	Grand Master	Awarded to heads of state and government
	The Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa	Grand Commander	For spouses of heads of state, vice presidents and crown princes and princesses
	The Distinguished Order of The Nile	Class I–V	Named after the River Nile
	The Distinguished Order of the Crested Crane	Class I–V	Named after the crested crane, Uganda's national bird
Military Orders		Rank / Class	Note
	The Order of Katonga		Named after the decisive battle of the National Resistance Army
	The Kabalega Star	I–III	Named after King Kabalega of Bunyoro who resisted the British
	The Rwenzori Star	I–III	Named after Rwenzori Mountains
	The Masaba Star		Local name of Mount Elgon

List of medals of the Republic of Uganda:

• The National Independence Medal
• The Nalubaale Medal
• The Damu Medal
• The Luwero Triangle Medal
• The Kagera River Medal
• The Kyoga Medal

Bunyoro Kingdom

List of Orders and medals of the Bunyoro Kingdom:^[3]

•   Royal Order of the Omujwaara Kondo
•   Royal Order of the Engabu
•   Most Honorable Order of Omukama Chwa II Kabalega
  •   Medal of Merit
  •   Medal for Outstanding Contributions
  • Commemorative Medal

References

1. Musinguzi, John (24 February 2013). "Understanding Museveni's medals". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 4 October 2013.
2. Etukuri, Charles (9 June 2013). "Medals should be cherished". New Vision. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
3. "Royal Orders - Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (Rep. Uganda) - the most powerful Kingdom in East Africa!".

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ribbon bars of Uganda.

• Official website
• Ribbon Bar Diagram, Page 2, Page 3