List of Ugandan flags

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]
Flag of The Acholi people [8]
Flag of The Lango people [9]
Flag of The Rwenzururu people [10]
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]

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
2019–Present Flag of The Uganda People's Defence Force [17]
1962–2019 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]
2019–Present Flag of The Ugandan Land Forces [17]
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

Traditional kingdoms

Historical 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 A red field with a white stripe facing on the hoist side.[25]
1881–1890
1876–1881 A White swallowtailed field with 2 vertical stripes of red and blue.[26]

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]
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]
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 Vertical 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

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