Late last year, government declared the teaching of Swahili in all primary schools compulsory. The directive is in sync with the East African regional integration. Save for Uganda, Swahili is either a ...

Reference is made to an article, Language policy hampering unity in Africa (Daily Monitor, January 23). The writer analysed the language policy in a very compelling manner. Anyone today engaged in ...

Lawrence Alado is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Uganda. This is one in a seasonal series of columns by JURIST law student staff and correspondents discussing their summer work in support of justice, ...

This essay instigates the broader usage of Kiswahili, Uganda’s second official language, across the country's public spaces. It was motivated by the phrase "mtaa wa Masaka,” which a professional of ...

According to the President, having many tribes and clans that are similar is a blessing and the factor can be used to make Swahili a powerful language. The President made the remarks on Thursday, 24th ...

Uganda’s Constitution is clear. Article 28(3)(f) states that anyone facing trial who does not understand the language being used must be given an interpreter free of charge. The goal is fairness: no ...

Medadi Ssentanda received funding from Makerere University Directorate of Research and Graduate Training under the Nurturing Emerging Research Leaders Project (NERLP) to conduct research on the ...

GAA HAS taken hold in Uganda – with gaelic games-related terminology now added to the Ugandan Sign Language (USL) dictionary. Deaf students from Walukuba West Primary School in Jinja, eastern Uganda, ...

A little over a year ago, Ugandan blogger Country Boyi wondered why Ugandans weren't blogging in local languages. He wrote: The power of indigenous languages to infiltrate the thinking of the local ...

ITNewsAfrica reports that Firefox browser has been translated into Luganda, a major language in Uganda. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to ...