BAKITA

Bi. Consolata Mushi

Katibu Mtendaji

Bw. Kulwa A. Kindija

Kaimu Mkurugenzi wa Maendeleo na Matumizi ya Kiswahili

Bw. Hans Mbella

Mkurugenzi wa Huduma za Baraza

Some of Swahili class participants from the University of Hebron in Malawi and the instructors Ms. Wema Msigwa (the fourth from left) and Mr. Onni Sigalla (the third from right) from the National Kiswahili Council (BAKITA).

A Session held on 16th September 2022 between the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), The National Kiswahili Council (BAKITA) and Mkuki na Nyota Publishers discussing on how they will work together to implement the Dar es Salaam Framework for Action on the promotion of Kiswahili as a Working Language of the African Union and as a Language of Wider Communication in Africa

Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports Hon. Hamis Mwinjuma being received by the staff of the National Kiswahili Council during his first visit when he visited the offices of the Council with the aim of learning how the Council carries out its duties.

Abu Dhabi diaspora in a group photo with BAKITA Officer Mr. Arnold Msofe (in the middle with a batik shirt) after graduating from Kiswahili training for Kiswahili teachers for foreigners. The training was given from 27 to 31 March 2023.

Training

Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa katika harakati zake za kubidhaisha Kiswahili Leo Katibu Mtendaji amefanya kikao na walimu na wakurugenzi wa taasisi zinazofundisha Kiswahili nchini Komoro. Kikao hicho kimeratibiwa na Ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini humo.

"Jahazi" of BAKIZA in the seventh (7) International Swahili Conference in Zanzibar on 10/12/2020 at the hall of Sheik Idriss Abdul-Wakil

The International Symposium for Kiswahili Broadcasting Stations will be held in Mbeya, Tanzania from March 18th to 22nd, 2024.

BAKITA congratulates the winners of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Award -2024

About BAKITA

The National Kiswahili Council, translated into Kiswahili as Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa, (BAKITA) is a Public Organization which operates under the Ministry responsible for Culture. The Council was established by an Act of Parliament No. 27 of 1967 and its amendments of 1983 and 2016 . The Act mandates the Council with authority to manage and coordinate all activities related with the promotion of Kiswahili in the United Republic of Tanzania and beyond. Establishment of the Council was in line with recommendations made by the Committee of language practitioners formed by the Minister of Education in December 1961, to develop proposals for the development of Kiswahili as a national language. The Council started its operations with four members of staff who were housed in the offices of the Ministry of Education. Among the first tasks of the Council was to develop Kiswahili technical vocabularies for different domains of knowledge. In 1972; the Council moved to the Coronation Building of the National House Corporation at Samora and Azikiwe Avenues in Dar es Salaam, and in 2012 the Council moved to Plot Number 45 B, Kijitonyama in Dar es Salaam.