Swahili enthusiasts at the National Museum of Kenya on July 7, 2022 during a march aimed at creating awareness of Kiswahili, the first officially recognised African language by Unesco. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG
Business and Technology Reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Media Group
Kiswahili, for the first time, will be a compulsory subject in Ugandan primary schools following a recent cabinet decision, but it is far from becoming a widely spoken and loved language in the country, experts say.
With about 200 million speakers, Kiswahili is the most commonly spoken African language, used in nearly every country in the East African Community and is one of the bloc’s official languages, but few people in Uganda use it.
