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AU Summit Elevates Museveni to APRM Governance Chair
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assumed the rotational presidency of the 35th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) for the next two years.
Museveni was represented at the summit by Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who formally took over the mantle from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during proceedings held in Addis Ababa.
The 35th APRM Forum convened on the sidelines of the 39th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which is taking place from February 14 to 15, 2026, in the Ethiopian capital.
In his remarks, President Tebboune reaffirmed Algeria’s full commitment to supporting Uganda throughout its tenure and pledged to work closely with the Forum to strengthen cooperation and collective action across the continent.
Algerian Prime Minister, H.E Sifi Ghrieb (L), on behalf of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, handed over the chairmanship of the APRM to H.E. Jessica Alupo, representing President Yoweri Museveni.
The APRM is a voluntary self-monitoring instrument acceded to by AU member states as a homegrown governance framework. It is widely regarded as Africa’s innovative approach to promoting democracy, political stability, economic management, and corporate governance.
The mechanism traces its origins to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) foundational document — the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance — adopted in Durban, South Africa, in July 2002. Since then, it has served as a platform for peer learning, self-assessment, and the sharing of best practices aimed at improving governance standards at local, national, and continental levels.
Uganda’s leadership of the APRM over the next two years places Kampala at the center of continental governance reform discussions, with expectations that it will steer renewed momentum toward accountability, institutional strengthening, and sustainable development across Africa.
