The Electoral Commission (EC) has warned the National Unity Platform (NUP), led by Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, against using the colour red, saying it is reserved by the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC).
Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC chairperson, said Kyagulanyi’s party applied for a change of its colours to make red the dominant one, but the request was turned down because the colour had already been taken by UPC.
“Under the former party, it was white/blue, but they wanted to change so that red dominates. We wrote back to them and indicated that the colour is already being used or has been booked by UPC and that the request could not be entertained,” Byabakama said.
He added that even after writing to the party about their application on using colour red, the party went ahead to use the red colour, which is not among its gazetted symbols and colours.
