Uganda’s big gamble in adopting Kiswahili Experts in academia said Uganda’s revamped efforts to make Kiswahili among its lingua francas will not be an easy ride.
EYAKUZE: Mombasa to Matadi: Behold, the new EAC in all its glory Mombasa to Matadi on one travel document, in one fell swoop!
ULIMWENGU: Swahili Day is a welcome fillip for all of us It now looks like Kiswahili, the East African lingua franca, is on the way to true world superstardom.
Uganda finally adopts Kiswahili as official language While Kiswahili is the lingua franca in the East African region, English has been Uganda's only official language since independence.
Wonders of Kenya’s first game lodge A visit to the Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, in Kenya's Tsavo West National Park, was educative about Kenya’s first lodge in a national park.
School reforms push Kenya past peers, catches WB eye Kenya has come in for rare praise from the World Bank for the reforms in its education system.
EYAKUZE: Sons and daughters of Africa have built US into the country it is today President Joe Biden shook Trevor Noah’s hand on his way to sit down to be roasted by South Africa’s best export to America in recent years.
EAC tables $91m budget estimates for 2022/23 Ministers say economy is projected to decline from an average of 5.9 percent in 2021 to 5.3 percent in 2022.
BUWEMBO: Coffee was bad for Ugandans but good for Europeans’ health If Uganda’s 45 million natives were regular coffee drinkers, controversies like the current Italian deal wouldn’t arise.
EYAKUZE: Thank you Kibaki for the peace you let us rest in — for a while He made it perfectly okay for the rest of us lumps to have a place in this world.
