Abstract:
Many African countries, Kenya included continue to propagate the dominance of a single
foreign language in the education sector as the language of instruction in schools. This paper
interrogates the use of foreign language versus mother-tongue as language of instruction. Various
studies and scholarly sources have been reviewed to advance the discourse in this paper. Through
this paper, the place and position of different languages in relation to medium of instruction has
been pointed out. The arguments and conclusions drawn in this paper are meant to arouse
academic and policy debate in this subject matter. It is anticipated that this will culminate in
shaping language policy as far as medium of instruction is concerned in Kenya and in other parts of
the world and more so in Africa.
