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Kiswahili form of cultural expression

Government plans to make Kiswahili an optional subject is a reflection of days when Kiswahili was treated as a preserve for the "low class".

Those are bygone times and no amount of retrogression can reverse seeds planted decades ago that flowered and bore fruits at the international level.

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