{"id":451552,"date":"2025-11-12T20:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=451552"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:57:55","slug":"somalia-affirms-commitment-to-kiswahili-implementation-in-key-talks-with-east-african-kiswahili-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-affirms-commitment-to-kiswahili-implementation-in-key-talks-with-east-african-kiswahili-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia Affirms Commitment to Kiswahili Implementation in Key Talks with East African Kiswahili Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU, Somalia (SONNA)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The Federal Government of Somalia today reaffirmed its strategic commitment to accelerating the development and use of Kiswahili, hosting a high-level delegation from the East African Kiswahili Commission (EAKC) in Mogadishu<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The meeting is a critical step in operationalizing Somalia’s integration into the East African Community (EAC) linguistic framework since officially joining the bloc.<\/p>\n

In a high-level consultative meeting held at his office, the Acting Minister and Deputy Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, H.E. Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Adala, formally received the Executive Secretary of the EAKC, Dr. Caroline Asiimwe.<\/p>\n

The discussion, part of a high-level policy engagement by the EAKC <\/span>, focused on the “policy issues for development and promotion of Kiswahili” within Somalia, following directives from the EAC Council of Ministers and Summit<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Minister Al-Adala stated unequivocally that the Federal Government of Somalia is prepared to fully participate in the efforts to implement Kiswahili as an official language of the Community<\/span>. He identified three critical pillars for this national effort: Media, Education, and Culture.<\/p>\n

The Minister emphasized that since Somalia’s accession to the EAC, the government, guided by His Excellency the President, has initiated a concerted drive to accelerate the development of the Kiswahili language.<\/p>\n

Dr. Caroline Asiimwe, the EAKC Executive Secretary, thanked the Deputy Minister for the warm reception and productive engagement. She noted that the development and promotion of Kiswahili are a shared responsibility for all partner states within the EAC, praising Somalia’s proactive stance.<\/p>\n

This consultative meeting was convened to follow up on several key EAC directives, including the 21st Ordinary Summit’s decision to adopt Kiswahili as an official language <\/span>and the subsequent “Roadmap for Implementation” adopted by the Council of Ministers<\/span>.<\/p>\n

A central objective of the meeting was to “assess progress and accelerate implementation” <\/span> of this roadmap. For Somalia, a primary deliverable is the “institutionalization of Kiswahili through the establishment of a National Kiswahili Council”<\/span>, which will be mandated to coordinate all national efforts.<\/p>\n

The talks in Mogadishu are expected to produce a clear action plan for strengthening Somalia’s institutional capacity <\/span>and enhancing coordination between the EAKC and Somali national institutions<\/span>, particularly the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism.<\/p>\n

Somalia’s focus on adopting Kiswahili is seen as a vital component of its broader strategy to deepen its integration and unlock the full economic and social benefits of its EAC membership.<\/p>\n

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (SONNA)\u00a0\u2013 The Federal Government of Somalia today reaffirmed its strategic commitment to accelerating the development and use of Kiswahili, hosting a high-level delegation from the East African Kiswahili Commission (EAKC) in Mogadishu. The meeting is a critical step in operationalizing Somalia’s integration into the East African Community (EAC) linguistic framework since officially joining […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":451553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-451552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451569,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451552\/revisions\/451569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}