So isokei for an Englishman to study in his mother tongue english, a german kid to study in german, a chinese in mandarin etc, but wrong for an okuyo or luo to learn in the language of his forefathers.

Kwani what are parents doing at home? You can't rely on a teacher to teach your kid everything.

I would think this is more so that children in shags (where mother tongue is mostly spoken at home) can understand whats going on in the classroom once they start going to school. If this is not what they are trying to do then good luck with the tribalism we keep talking about.

I watched a Kenyan documentary about a school somewhere in shags. These kids were preparing for KCPE and could barely speak english. The teachers would come to class to teach and they'd mix english, swahili and kikuyu. Terminologies were all over the place, spellings were almost comical and during mock exams they were asking each other the meaning of words that were in the exam paper. When the kids didn't pass KCPE the school admin had the gall to look sad and disappointed. What did they expect? They failed the little kids!!!

Some teachers especially those who grew up Jijini cant speak any vernacular language. Most Kenyans cant even express themselves in Kiswahili properly.

Are these teachers taught how to instruct in their mother tounges when they attend teacher's training colleges ? If not then they are going to have to retrain a lot of teachers.

Enyewe Kenya is a funny place. So many lunatics running the show.

In the shags, vernacular is still being taught from nursery to class 3 as a subject. Back then, one of our teachers insisted on teaching us in the local language upto class 8!

At least my kids can express themselves in their mother tongue.