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Kapchorwa District, Uganda

Image by Jorge Candeias, 25 Feb 2005

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Sebei Cultural Institution

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I recently found the District Flag of Kapchorwa District (one of 55 Districts in Uganda), this flag is seen flying beside the Uganda Flag. In order to check it, visit this website.

The flag is composed of five horizontal bands: light-green over yellow over red over white over light or pale blue, the flag is composed as follows:
light-green, and light-blue the same width, the central yellow band is half the width of the green or light blue, the upper half is yellow whilst the lower half is split into two equal bands of red over white. The flag proportions look like being 2:3.

I had no idea that the Districts of Uganda had flags, but this flag now proves me wrong.
John McMeekin, 21 Feb 2005

Well, though the idea of 55 so far unknown sub-national flags is appealing, what makes us think this is the District flag, instead of just the flag of "something", flown in the district?
António Martíns

Sebei Cultural Institution

Image located by Paris Renesis, 4 Feb 2024

Sebei district (renamed Kapchorwa District in 1980) was separated from Bugisu district in 1962. It had an elected constitutional head titled Kingoo. The first Kingoo was Yovan Maigut Chemonges (b.1925-d.1966). His son Stephen Kapkweyin Chemonges (b.1950-d.2021) was elected as the second Kingoo in 2019 but he died before being officially installed. The flag of the non-gazetted Sebei (or Sabiny or Sapiiny etc.) Cultural Institution as we can see in these videos from Stephen Chemonges' funeral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvWiSpCXFfc&t=47s from min 1.17 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDhA46906CI&t=165s from min 4.31 follows the pattern of Uganda's national flag 6 horizontal stripes red, white, green, red, white, green with the emblem on a white disk in the middle.
Paris Renesis, 4 Feb 2024

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Image located by Paris Renesis, 4 Feb 2024