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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.

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.

Ethnic group flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993-Present	Flag of The Ankole people
	1994-Present	Flag of The Bunyoro people
	1962-Present	Flag of The Busoga people
	1962-Present	Flag of The Acholi people
	1962-Present	Flag of The Lango people
	1962-Present	Flag of The Rwenzururu people
	1962-Present	Flag of The Toro people

Political flags

Political parties

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c.2003-Present	Flag of The Democratic Party	A Horizontal bicolour of white and green.
	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.
	1960-1966	Flag of The Uganda People's Congress	A Horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and red.
	1966-Present		A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and blue.

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.
	c.1987-Present	Flag of The Lord's Resistance Army	Allegedly a horizontal tricolour of red, black, and blue.

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.
	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.

Subdivision flags

Traditional kingdoms

• Ankole
• Buganda
• Bunyoro
• Busoga
• Tooro

Historical flags

• Buganda (1860)
• Buganda (1861 - 1876, 1881 - 1890)
• Buganda (1876 - 1881)
• Buganda (1891 - 1892)
• Buganda (1892)
• Buganda (1900)

Historical flags

Kingdom of Buganda

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

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.
	1890-1894	Governor Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company	A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.
	1914-1962	Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda	British Blue Ensign with the emblem of Uganda.
	1914-1962	Governor Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda	A Union Flag defaced with the Emblem of Uganda.
	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.

See also

• Flag of Uganda
• Coat of arms of Uganda

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