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President Kikwete’s flawless Swahili wows Kenyan legislators

President Jakaya Kikwete addressing Kenyan Parliament in Nairobi on October 6, 2015. (Photo:Boniface Okendo)

Kenyan lawmakers cornered Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete and demanded an address in Kiswahili.

The MPs who had sat quietly listening to the visiting Head of State address the House in English, pushed for a Kiswahili address from their guest, and being an easy man, Kikwete obliged.

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