https://kerd.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/74 2026-08-02T06:15:06Z 2026-08-02T06:15:06Z Momanyi, Clara https://kerd.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/859 2020-06-04T08:21:10Z 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Effects of ‘Sheng’ in the Teaching of Kiswahili in Kenyan Schools. Momanyi, Clara This paper discusses the effects of ‘Sheng’ in the education institutions of Kenya, and gives a general overview of its development at the expense of the official languages, that is, Kiswahili and English. While some people have advocated the growth of ‘Sheng’ as an indication of societal growth in Kenya, others, including scholars, researchers and educationists are on the opinion that the spread of this code impacts negatively on the learners in Kenyan schools and colleges. They base their arguments on the fact that other international languages did not achieve their sophistication through breaking their morpho-syntactic or grammatical rules at the pace in which ‘Sheng’ is infiltrating Kiswahili. Indeed, according to some, this code should be left to hip hop musicians, public transport touts, drug peddlers and school drop outs. The paper recommends specific researches to be done on the language situation in Kenya especially as far as the spread of ‘Sheng’ and its impacts on education are concerned. An article in The Journal of Pan African Studies

2009-03-01T00:00:00Z Omollo, George Odhiambo Odongo, Benson Charles Raburu, Pamela https://kerd.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/843 2020-06-04T07:15:13Z 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

School-based Factors Affecting the Teaching of Kiswahili in Public Pre-schools in Kasipul Division, Rachuonyo South Sub-county, Homabay County. Omollo, George Odhiambo; Odongo, Benson Charles; Raburu, Pamela Globally language is very important since it is a means of communication that leads to international development and cohesion. Kiswahili is a language taught in the pre-school curriculum in Kenya and a national language in the Republic of Kenya. Kiswahili has been faced with challenges in pre-schools emanating not only from teachers academic and professional preparation but also from attitude. This study focused on school based factors affecting the teaching of Kiswahili in pre-schools within Kasipul Division in Rachuonyo South sub-county. The study found out that there is language factors influencing learning of Kiswahili, the attitude of pre-school teachers was negative, several challenges face teaching of Kiswahili and the strategies used are not. An article in the International Journal of Education and Research

2016-03-01T00:00:00Z Timammy, Rayya Oduor, Jane Akinyi Ngala https://kerd.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/151 2020-04-22T07:55:20Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Treatment of Kiswahili in Kenya’s Education System Timammy, Rayya; Oduor, Jane Akinyi Ngala English seems to remain prominent in the conduct of official communication in Kenya‟s public and private formal discourse. The paper examines language policy documents containing information on the place of Kiswahili in official communication within the Republic of Kenya. Some of these documents show the status of Kiswahili before and immediately (approximately 20 years) after independence while others are more recent documents. The paper then assesses the implementation of the policy documents as far as Kiswahili is concerned, noting that the treatment of Kiswahili has not been a fair one especially when contrasted with that of English. Possible reasons for the unfair treatment are suggested, noting that although the treatment (of Kiswahili) has not been very fair, Kiswahili has still developed, its use has increased and there are significant achievements that can be identified. Other ways of elevating Kiswahili are suggested and discussed. The paper concludes by observing that all Kenyans need to participate in the promotion of Kiswahili if it is to continue growing as it should as one of Kenya‟s two official languages, Kenya‟s only national language, and a mother tongue to many Kenyans. Research Article in the University of Nairobi Journal of Language and linguistics

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