Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, captivated voters with his ability to speak multiple languages, ...

A section of National Unity Platform (NUP) party candidates in Busia Municipality has appealed to security agencies to ensure equity and fairness during the 2026 general election campaigns. Busia ...

Abstract: This paper describes a Luganda text normalization module, a crucial component needed for a Luganda Text to Speech system. We describe the use of a rule-based approach for detection, ...

The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) last week announced the strike as the third term of the academic year opened today, 15th September. The strike stems from persistent salary disparities that ...

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Addis Ababa, May 11, 2025 (ENA) --- Managing Director at Microsoft Africa Development Centre, Catherine Muraga, encouraged local innovators in Africa to create homegrown AI solutions rather than ...

Our local languages have played a vital role in shaping a culture-centric education system in East Africa. Uganda’s thematic-based curriculum, for instance, relies heavily on indigenous languages like ...

When I was young (with hair only on my head), it was rare to find Baganda, born and bred in Buganda, who could not write proper Luganda. Luganda was taught in many Buganda schools, and Luganda ...

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Have you ever felt that English could use a couple more tenses to truly capture the nuances of the past, present, and future? We’re inviting you on an exploration of languages that have taken verb ...

SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | For years, there have been ongoing efforts to promote the Kiswahili language in Uganda, including its incorporation into school curricula as a means of encouraging ...