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Kenya: Kiswahili an optional subject

Posted 21 January 2010 14:54 GMT

Bumni writes about the decision to make Kiswahili an optional subject in Kenya: “The subject will no longer be a compulsory paper in the Standard Eight national examinations…”

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Written byNdesanjo Macha

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Abdoulaye BAH

In West Africa, some people are proposing to have Kiswahili as an official language for all Africa, in Kenya authorities are downgrading it! How is it perceived by the population?

22 January 2010, 0:11 am

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