Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi on Sunday opened the 6th Kiswahili international conference and urged delegates to make the language global. Mwinyi urged the delegates from across the world to support efforts aimed at demonstrating the importance of Kiswahili for Zanzibar, Tanzania, and the …
Read More »UN to promote Kiswahili language
Kiswahili widely spoken in the Eastern African region, has received more recognition across the continent in recent years Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said that it will promote the Kiswahili language in order to boost African unity. “We are also promoting Kiswahili …
Read More »Uganda adopts Kiswahili
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has adopted Kiswahili as an official language, a top government official said here on Tuesday. Chris Baryomunsi, Minister of Information Communication Technology and National Guidance told reporters that the Cabinet on Monday approved the implementation of a directive by the 21st East African Community …
Read More »Kiswahili lecturers struggle to deal with slangs
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Chama Cha Kiswahili Africa Mashariki, an Association that brings together Lecturers of Kiswahili from higher institutions in East Africa have pointed blended Swahili known as ‘Sheng’ as one of the major challenges facing promotion of the language across the region. Sheng …
Read More »South African lawmakers lobbied to add Kiswahili as country’s official language
Kiswahili widely spoken in the Eastern African region, has received more recognition across the continent in recent years Cape Town, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africa’s Parliament on Tuesday said its Joint Constitutional Review Committee, which makes recommendations about the amendment to the Constitution, has received a presentation on submissions …
Read More »East African Community to add Kiswahili, French as official languages
Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) Sectoral Council on Education, Science and Technology, Culture and Sports (SCESTCS) has adopted a roadmap for the implementation of Kiswahili and French as official languages of the bloc. A statement issued late Tuesday by the EAC’s headquarters in Tanzania’s northern city …
Read More »Tanzania mulls over translating laws from English into Kiswahili
Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian authorities mull over declaring Kiswahili as the official language of the laws and the language used in the administration and dispensation of justice instead of English. A bill that proposes to amend the Interpretation of Laws Act to declare Kiswahili the language of …
Read More »Educationists want review of national language policy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists are demanding for a review of the National Language Policy. The 2007 National Language Policy mandates District Language Boards to promote the use of the local languages in primary schools and improve literacy in the district. However, educationists say that the policy has …
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