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Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon Bernard Membe |
By ASSAH MWAMBENE in Addis Ababa
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon Bernard Membe (MP) today launched the first Kiswahili class at the Language Center of the African Union where he emphasized the importance of Kiswahili as one of the fastest growing language in the continent.
Speaking at the official lauching ceremony which took place along the margins of the 20th Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), the Minister said Kiswahili has been used as a unifying tool in most of the African countries, Tanzanai in particular.
"i will inform my President and my countrymen that Kiswahili has wings, it has now landed in Addis Ababa at the African Union, it is doing wonders" the Minister Noted.
He further noted that apart from the fact that Kiswahili is widely spoken in Africa, it borrows most of its vocaburaries from Arabic and African languages making it one of the most popular language among the Arab and African countries.
The Minister Commended the Tanzanian Embassy in Addis Ababa for initiating the course, saying the initiative will help in popularising the language within and beyond Africa. He thanked H.E Joram Biswaro, the Ambassador of Tanzania to Ethiopia and AU for striving to kickstart the project without any financial assistance.
The Coordinator of the Programme at the Tanzania Embassy in Adis Ababa, Ms Suma Mwakyusa said the class has a total of 26 students who are AU officials and and members of the Diplomatic Corps. She informed that there will be two classes taught by competent Tanzanian teachers namely Mrs ELizabeth Magoke and Mrs Ikunda Sabath on voluntary basis. The teachers understood our initiative and being nationalists agreed to volunteer to teach.
She said that the Embassy in collaboration with the African Union Commission intends to organise a three week-trip to Tanzania for the best students to enable them practice the language as spoken by the Swahili natives in the streets of Dar es salaam and Zanzibar
The AU Co-ordinator for Languages, Mr Linus Chata expressed his appreciation for the Tanzania High Level visit to the Language Centre, noting that it signifies the commitment of Tanzania in supporting the programme.
He said Kiswahili is the only language which is supported by an African Country- Tanzania, unlike other languages spoken in Africa which are being sponsored by countries outside the African Union.
Ninashangaa sana mwandishi wa habari hii unamaana gani kutumia lugha ya kiingereza badala ya kiswahili kutoa maelezo ya habari hii,ukizingatia umeenda huko kwa lengo la kuikuza lugha ya kiswahili,au unataka kuonesha kwamba wewe unajua sana kizungu? nani sikuhizi anababaika na kizungu,Bwana Mwambene usiwe limbukeni bwana jaribu kuelewa nini kimekupeleka huko.
ReplyDeleteMdau wa kwanza sio makosa kutumia Lugha ya Kiingereza kwa taarifa hii kwa kuwa nia ni kukiamsha KISWAHILI kwa wasiojua Kiswahili.
ReplyDeleteHii makala na Mpango sio kwa ajili ya sisi wa Tanzania ambao ndio lugha yetu bali ni kwa wasiotumia lugha hii, labda tuseme kwa sisi ni kwa kupata taarifa ya hili suala tu.
Hivyo kuwafikia inatakiwa kutimia lugha ambayo wengi Duniani wataelewa nia ya Mpango huu na kufikia lengo lake.
Katika lugha ya kiingereza Kiswahili ni SWAHILI, hatuwezi kuilazimisha lugha ya watu kutumia suffix "KI" kwa kuwa ni kibantu. Kiswahili ni SWAHILI kwa kiingereza, anayebisha atumie dictionary yoyote ya kiingereza kama ataona "KISWAHILI".
ReplyDeleteMdau wa kwanza yuko sahihi. Kama Mwambene aliona maana sana kutumia Kiingereza kueleza Kiswahili, basi angefanya hivyo kwa stori nyingine kwa Kiswahili. Watanzania ni watu wa ajabu sana. Utashangaa akija Mkorea anatwanga Kikorea, sisi bwana mkubwa wetu anakumbuka kutawaliwa-anatwanga Kingereza.
ReplyDeleteHaya yote si ajabu, maana hata Benki ya Posta wanapotoa msaada wa hundi, wanatumia hundi ya Benki ya NBC. Tehe tehe tehe tehe!! Bongo tambarare.
Mzee wa Kwembe
Mimi sielewi bado kwanini uamshe kiswahili kwa kutumia Kiingereza? Ndugu tembea nenda France,China,Germany uone kama utakuta lugha nyingine zidi ya lugha yao,na si kwamba hawajui kuandika lugha zingine hapana nikwamba wanaheshimu lugha yao,hivyo yeyote mwenye kuhitaji kujua nini kimeandikwa ni juhudi yake kufanya hivyo,Bado sisi niwatumwa hatutaki kukubali kwamba hatutasonga mbele kwa jinsi hii,eti naandika kiingereza ili mzungu na mataifa mengine yasiyo fahamu lugha hii waelewe kirahisi,wapi na wapi,
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