Ugandan ministers to start taking Kiswahili language lessons

Students reading Kenya’s Kiswahili newspaper Taifa Leo.

Uganda's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Kadaga speaks on October 26, 2022 at the ongoing second annual EACJ judicial conference in Kampala. She said  Uganda's cabinet has resolved to start taking Kiswahili lessons. PHOTO | JACKSON MUTINDA | NMG

Uganda's cabinet, which sits every Monday and is chaired by the president, has resolved to start getting Kiswahili lessons for a few hours in the morning for the next one year. This is according to the country's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Kadaga.

Kadaga, who was opening the ongoing second annual East African Court of Justice (EACJ) judicial conference in Kampala, said this will enable members to start holding meetings in Kiswahili.