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Kubidhaisha Kiswahili

Waadhiri wa Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi ni miongoni mwa wanajopo walioshiriki katika kutafsiri Kanuni za Kudumu za Bunge la Taifa kwa Kiswahili zilizozinduliwa na Rais Uhuru Kenyatta mnamo tarehe November 12, 2020.

There is no doubt that Kiswahili has gained ground as a language of choice by millions of people in the world. Kiswahili is attaining a prominent status as a Global Language. Check out this:

Prof. Iribe Mwangi of the Department of Kiswahili, University of Nairobi and Prof. Mungai Mutonya of Washington University in St. Louis have won the prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship.

The Swahili literary world was yet again thrown into mourning Wednesday, following the death of legendary poet Abdalla Mwasimba aged 83.

His death occurred a few months after Ken Walibora, Abdalla Shamte and Euphrase Kezilihabi.

Mwasimba, who for close to 30 years revised Swahili poems for Taifa Leo, had been suffering from low blood pressure and diabetes.

His youngest son, Mwasimba Abdallah told the Nation that the poet died in his sleep at his granddaughter’s residence in Kaloleni, Nairobi.

Huu ni  mkutano wa pili wa idara kufanyika kupitia mtandao na wa kufaulisha mno.

Agenda za mkutano;

Chama cha Ukuzaji wa Kiswahili Duniani (CHAUKIDU) kimeandaa kongamano la 6 la kimataifa katika Chuo Kikuu cha Pwani Kilifi, Kenya mnamo tarehe 15-17 Dis. 2020

Mda wa makataa ya ikisiri uliongezwa hadi Tarehe 30 Juni, 2020. Wapenzi na wasomi wa Kiswahili wanaombwa kutuma ikisiri kabla au kufikia tarehe ya makataa.

Taarifa zaidi kuhusu CHAUKIDU zimo katika kiambatisho.

Huu ni mkutano wa kwanza uliofanyika kupitia mtandaoni. Ajenda kuu zilikuwa ; mawasiliano kutoka kwa Mwenyekiti; Makaribisho ya walimu wapya;  Livu ya mwaka, Utahini wa tasnifu za uzamifu; Usimamizi wa tasnifu za uzamili na uzamifu; Ufundishaji wa wanafunzi wa MA, BA na BED na maswala mengineyo.

Hoja kuu kutoka kwa mkutano huo ni pamoja na; wwenyekiti kuhimiza walimu kutumia mtandao kuwafikia wanafunzi wanaofundishwa kutumia njia mbalimbali zilizomo k.v Zoom, WhatsApp na kadhalika.

Kiswahili Department was privileged to hire three new members of the academic staff on 05/02/2020. The new members are as follows;

1. Mr. Andrew Ignatius Watuha - Isimu

2. MS. Judy Wangari Onyancha - Historia na Maendeleo ya Kiswahili

Prof. Stephen Kiama Gitahi has officially been installed as the 8th Vice Chancellor of the great University of Nairobi.

In a colorful function held at the Taifa Hall in main campus and steamed online to a global audience, Prof. Kiama took oath office with a clear vision of what lay ahead in terms of spearheading the university to global academic and research excellence.