Reactive dyes are extensively used worldwide in textile industry not only to colour cotton but also wool and polyamide fibers because of their variety of colour shades, brilliant colours, high wet fastness properties and ease of application. A steady increase in reactive dye usage has been observed as a result of higher demand of cotton wear globally. For reactive dye the reaction between the reactive group, dichlorotriazinyl and the fiber involve a nucleophilic addition and substitution mechanism. Burkinshaw and Kabambe 1 accounted that for the dyeing of cotton fabric, pH of the dye solution and equilibrium concentration of cellulosate ions are increased as a result of formation of a covalent bond between the dye and the cellulosic fabric/cotton. However, due to the competition between the Cell Oas well as OHions in the dye bath at high pH, a portion of the dye reacts with OHions instead of the cellulosate ions on the fiber which results in hydrolysis, reported by Epolito et al. 2 .Dyes can be classified by different means e.g. based upon their applications or on the basis of functional group present. According to application techniques by Kirk et al. 3 , dyes may be classified as acid dyes, basic dyes, azoic dyes, direct dyes, mordant dyes, lake or pigment dyes, sulfur dyes, vat dyes, disperse dyes and reactive dyes. Among the varieties of dyes,