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Kiswahili has a bright future despite many barriers to growth

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A question was once posed by revered Kiswahili scholar, writer and journalist, the late Ken Walibora at a Kiswahili conference. "Tunajenga nyumba moja, kwa nini tupiganie fito?" "We are building one house, why then should we fight over rafters?"

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