Uganda Gov't to Introduce Chinese Language as a Mandatory Subject in All Schools

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Try asking China to introduce 'Kiganda' (whatever it's called) as a compulsory subject in their schools... As much as I know that learning a language is good for the learner, I feel like we, africans, do it for the wrong reasons..... some of us abandoning their mother-tongues totally and teaching their kids only English... a self-hate than any other I know.
Deja vu!

Dada Amina Mohamed, Ndugu Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta:

Nawaombeni tafadhali msifuate nyayo zake Ndugu Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (rais wa Uganda)kwa kuwalazimisha wanafunzi shuleni kujifunza Kichina!

Lugha zetu zinazidi kufa na huku tunaenddelea kutawaliwa na Wachina kwa kuambiwa tujifunze Kichina! Watu wa Uganda wamwambie Yoweri ajifunze lugha ya Kichina peke yake pamoja na mke wake na watoto wake.

Je, tumekuwa kama karatasi ya kupangusia kamasi (Kleenex)? Sasa mwaona hatari ya mtu mmoja kuitawala nchi kwa muda mrefu na kuifanya kama nyumba yake?

Kenya ndio iyo 2..6..6..3

Is Baganda also taught as part of the curriculum? Our Imara has a name for the likes of you Musevani and it ain't pretty at all!

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Instead of swahili, what is wrong with Africans?

Let the brainwashing begin.

Way to go Museveni...although you're a dictator...I support this idea and hope your neighbors will follow suit sooner.

This way we can have 2 super powers begging for business space in Africa and will be without a catch in their loans and what-at-view.

British introduced english.Americans introduced spanish.Southafrica introduced swahili.So shida iko wapi china waitroduce chinese.Tuwache kiingilia chinese sana??

English is pretty much a universal language for business communication and otherwise.Iam pretty sure thats the language mm7 is using with chinese.
So is mm7 going to import chinese teachers,or just rely on material?
What mm7 has done is a classic example of why dictatorship is dangerous.
I applaud south africa for introducing kiswahili in their curriculum.

How do you understand an adversary if you don't understand their language. Apart from making it compulsory, I see plenty of upside when negotiating in the future. English and Mandarin.

I may not like china that much but compared with evil demonic wazungus for now i will chose them but i will judge them in years to come.But all i can say is that chinese r the next supa power in making whether we like it or not.Usa is going dwn the way ussr went n soon the chinese currency will b the strongest one tonthe usa $$$ mark my word.Am giving it 8-10 yrs china will take over the whole world?

Kampala has been ignored for a while compared to its immediate neighbors. Kigali, Nairobi and Dar are the favorites in that region, even Juba sometimes comes up higher on the pile. On a devil's advocate note, Greek and Latin were at different ages, universal language as English is today. We have French speaking countries in Africa? how did that come about? So M7 dancing to a new tune is not after all far fetched. UG is on uncharted waters on this one and only time can tell-maybe Chinese or Swahili will be universal language one day. Next time someone needs to remember that Kampala is not the oversleeping uncle.

Miaka mingi mingi iliyopita, nilichukua somo la siasa (political science) darasani. Nakumbuka mwalimu aliyefundisha somo hili, alituambia jambo ambalo sijalisahau mpaka sasa. Alisema, " Justice exists only among equals."

Kwa nini tunafanywa "malaya wa lugha - language prostitutes" kila mara tunapotawaliwa na matapeli na majambazi wa kutoka nchi za kigeni?

Lugha za mababu zetu nyingi tayari zimeshauawa na lugha ya Kiingereza! Ningependa nchi za Afrika zichukue msimamo ambao ulichukuliwa na nchi za Waarabu. Waarabu walipotawaliwa na Waturuki (Ottoman Empire), walikataa kabisa kujifunza Kituruki halafu mwishowe Waturuki ikawabidi wajifunze Kiarabu. Huu ndio mfano pekee duniani ambao mtawala (Mturuki) alilazimika kujifunza lugha ya Mtawaliwa, yaani Mwarabu.

Wakoloni wengine wameingia. Karibu.