The Following is a list of flags and banners used in Uganda.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1962-Present	Flag of Uganda	Six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom); a white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side.[1][2][3]

Government flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1962-Present	Presidential Flag of Uganda	A Red Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the coat of arms in the center.[4]

Ethnic group flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993-Present	Flag of The Ankole people	[5]
	1994-Present	Flag of The Bunyoro people	[6]
	1962-Present	Flag of The Busoga people	[7]
	1962-Present	Flag of The Acholi people	[8]
	1962-Present	Flag of The Lango people	[9]
	1962-Present	Flag of The Rwenzururu people	[10]
	1962-Present	Flag of The Toro people	[11]

Political flags

Political parties

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c.2003-Present	Flag of The Democratic Party	A Horizontal bicolour of white and green.[12]
	c.2011-Present	Flag of The National Resistance Movement	Five horizontal stripes of yellow (top), blue, green, red, and yellow (bottom), with the top and bottom stripes 3 times as a wide as the others. A white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the party's symbol, a yellow bus.[13]
	1960-1966	Flag of The Uganda People's Congress	A Horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and red.[14]
	1966-Present		A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and blue.[15]

Rebel groups

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996-Present	Flag of The Allied Democratic Forces	A Horizontal tricolour of blue, white and red with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the letters ADM/A written in blue on the white band.[16]
	c.1987-Present	Flag of The Lord's Resistance Army	A Horizontal tricolour of red, black, and blue.[17]

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1962-Present	Flag of The Uganda People's Defence Force	A Green Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the UPDF's emblem in the center.[18]
	1964-Present	Flag of The Uganda Air Force	A Cyan Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the air force's emblem in the center.[19]

Subdivision flags

Historical flags

Kingdom of Buganda

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1860-1861	Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda	A Simple red field.[24]
	1861-1876 1881-1890	Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda	A red field with a white stripe facing on the hoist side.[25]
	1876-1881	Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda	A White swallowtailed field with 2 vertical stripes of red and blue.[26]

Belgian Empire

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1894-1910	Flag of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red.
	1894-1910	Flag of The Congo Free State and The Belgian Congo	A yellow five-pointed flag on a blue background.
	1894-1910	Flag of The Lado Enclave	A blue field with a yellow saltire that extends to the corners of the flag and 4 yellow stars in each blue corner.

British Empire

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1890-1962	Flag of The United Kingdom	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
	1890-1894	Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company	British Blue Ensign with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[27]
	1890-1894	Governor Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company	A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[28]
	1914-1962	Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda	British Blue Ensign with the emblem of Uganda.[29]
	1914-1962	Governor Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda	A Union Flag defaced with the Emblem of Uganda.[30]
	1962	Flag of The Dominion of Uganda	A Verical tricolour of green, blue and green with 2 lines between the stripes and a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side in yellow on the blue stripe.[31]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Uganda.

• Flag of Uganda
• Coat of arms of Uganda

References