Abstract:
ABSTRACT
Kiswahili is an indigenous African language whose origin is the coast of Kenya. In the 20th C.
it was readily accepted in Kenya and Tanzania where it has played key roles of national
development. However, in Uganda Kiswahili language was not accepted. Probably, the role of
this language in the organization and mobilization of the liberation forces in the 1980s is what
made this language to find favor in the eyes of the leaders of National Resistance Movement,
therefore, giving Kiswahili new lease of life and impetus of fresh development in this country
where it has been down looked for along time with a lot of suspicion. This paper therefore
intends to explicate the dynamics of Kiswahili development in Uganda giving a keen attention
to the reasons why the current leadership is frantically putting a lot of effort to popularize
Kiswahili, though belatedly relatively compared to other East African countries.
