World Kiswahili Day: Let's appreciate our Kiswahili language

Kiswahili World Day celebrations have been held in various countries while calls were made to appreciate this language which is now recognized by the United Nations.

Speaking on the occasion, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the United Republic of Tanzania said "it would be correct to say that Kiswahili is the language of liberation, it is the language of unity, it is the language of peace and it is the language of business.

He has therefore called on other leaders in the world to use Kiswahili in promoting unity, building and protecting peace and solidarity, teaching young people and children education and good values ​​and promoting business between their countries.

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni speaking through a video from Uganda gave his speech referring to religious scriptures when humans were speaking the same language and wanted to build a tower of Babel to reach heaven.

In this year's greetings for this day, the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay has spoken a lot about this day including being spoken by more than 200 million people around the world as well as being the official language of African Union- AU and East African Community EAC.

Recently, the Member States of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution presented by Kenya and Tanzania on behalf of the African Group and officially announced that July 7 is the International Kiswahili Language Day.

Kiswahili is among the 10 languages ​​spoken by the most people in the world, with more than 200 million speakers. It is also the most widespread language in Eastern, Central and Southern African countries as well as in Western Asian countries.