Uganda is making strides in promoting linguistic diversity, multilingualism, and the protection of mother tongues, Minister of State for Gender and Culture Peace Regis Mutuuzo has said. Uganda has ...

As I contemplated writing something about the recent conference on Kiswahili in Uganda that was held at Kololo Independence Grounds, a scientist from Makerere University posted a proposal on Uganda’s ...

Medadi Ssentanda is affiliated with Makerere University, Department of African Languages and Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics. Judith Nakayiza works at the Department of ...

Lawrence Alado is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Uganda. This is one in a seasonal series of columns by JURIST law student staff and correspondents discussing their summer work in support of justice, ...

Medadi Ssentanda receives funding from Makerere University Directorate of Research and Graduate Training. He is affiliated with Makerere University and Stellenbosch University. Uganda’s language ...

Uganda’s Constitution is clear. Article 28(3)(f) states that anyone facing trial who does not understand the language being used must be given an interpreter free of charge. The goal is fairness: no ...

Kampala — The French government launched a major initiative to enhance French language education across Uganda. The two-year, Shs 1.12 billion project, known as the French Education Framework (FEF), ...

A little over a year ago, Ugandan blogger Country Boyi wondered why Ugandans weren't blogging in local languages. He wrote: The power of indigenous languages to infiltrate the thinking of the local ...

Kampala — Every Last week of September the Deaf community in Uganda and the rest of the world celebrates sign languages and the rich identity of Deaf people and Deaf culture. The day is also an ...

GAA HAS taken hold in Uganda – with gaelic games-related terminology now added to the Ugandan Sign Language (USL) dictionary. Deaf students from Walukuba West Primary School in Jinja, eastern Uganda, ...