Arusha. A member of the East African
Legislative Assembly (Eala) from Tanzania, Ms Shy-Rose Bhanji, says
Kiswahili should be made one of the official languages of the East
African Community (EAC).
She said this can be made possible, if the matter
was agreed upon by the secretariat as well as the EAC Council of
Ministers, which is the policy organ of the Community.
The lawmaker suggested that official documents,
including financial reports of the Community should be translated into
Kiswahili to enable many people to access them.
“We have no problem with English being one of the
official languages, but Kiswahili being a community-wide language in all
the five partner states, it should be given some status in the EAC
affairs,” she explained.
The legislator made the plea when contributing to a
report on Social Affairs Committee of Eala which is currently holding
the budget session for 2014/2015 financial year in Arusha.
She said Kiswahili was more popular among the East
African people compared to French, which is the official language of
two partner states; Burundi and Rwanda.
Although Kiswahili is the official language in
three other member countries of the Community, it is mostly spoken and
used in official communication in Tanzania and Kenya.
Other MPs who spoke Nancy Abisai and Nyramirimo
Oddete criticised the financial management of some institutions under
the EAC, saying their senior officials should be taken to task over the
shoddy work. Dr Martin Nduyimana pointed an accusing finger to the EAC
Council of Ministers for failure to act on institutions which performed
poorly.
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