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
Political flags
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] |
.svg.png) | 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 |
 | 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.[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.[18] |
Subdivision flags
Traditional kingdoms
Historical flags
Historical flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
.svg.png) | 1860-1861 | Flag of the Kingdom of Buganda | A Simple red field.[23] |
.svg.png) | 1861-1876 | A red field with a white stripe facing on the hoist side.[24] |
1881-1890 |
.svg.png) | 1876-1881 | A White swallowtailed field with 2 vertical stripes of red and blue.[25] |
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.[26] |
 | Governor Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company | A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[27] |
 | 1914-1962 | Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | British Blue Ensign with the emblem of Uganda.[28] |
 | Governor Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | A Union Flag defaced with the Emblem of Uganda.[29] |
 | 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.[30] |
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