A report on Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, East African Community and Swahili language

Swahili in Arabic script—memorial plate at the Askari Monument, Dar es Salaam (1927)
Although originally written with the Arabic script, Swahili is now written in a Latin alphabet introduced by Christian missionaries and colonial administrators. The text shown here is the Catholic version of the Lord's Prayer.
A caesarean section performed by indigenous healers in Kahura, in the Empire of Kitara (present-day Uganda) as observed by medical missionary Robert William Felkin in 1879. This incident was recorded long before the arrival of the European missionary doctors and clinics. The kingdom performed a highly developed surgical procedure, the first-ever cesarean section technique that saved both the mother and child.
From left to right: President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, and President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania during the eighth EAC summit in Arusha, November 2006.
Swahili in Arabic script on the clothes of a girl in German East Africa (ca. early 1900s)
Flag of the Uganda Protectorate
A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum.
The Turkana boy, a 1.6-million-year-old hominid fossil belonging to Homo erectus.
EAC heads in 2009. From left to right: Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Mwai Kibaki (Kenya), Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania), Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi).
Loxodonta africana elephants frolic in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 2012.
Construction of the Owen Falls Dam in Jinja.
A traditional Swahili carved wooden door in Lamu.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the 2006 EAC summit. Rwanda joined the EAC on 1 July 2007.
The Uganda printers building on Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda
A 1572 depiction of the portuguese city of Kilwa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Portuguese presence in Kenya lasted from 1498 until 1730. Mombasa was under Portuguese rule from 1593 to 1698 and again from 1728 to 1729.
Three EAC countries border Lake Victoria.
Grey Crowned Crane - a symbol of Uganda.
British East Africa in 1909
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak, located in Tanzania.
Belligerents of the Second Congo War. On 19 December 2005, the International Court of Justice found against Uganda, in a case brought by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for illegal invasion of its territory, and violation of human rights.
Battle during the Maji Maji Rebellion against German colonial rule in 1905.
The Kenya–Uganda Railway near Mombasa, about 1899.
Diani Beach, Kilifi County, Kenya.
Uganda map of Köppen climate classification.
The Arusha Declaration Monument
A statue of Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader with the Mau Mau who fought against the British colonial system in the 1950s.
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U.S. President George W. Bush met with President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe, Uganda, 11 July 2003.
Wildebeest migration in the Serengeti
The first president and founding father of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta.
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Protests in New York City against Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
Tanzania map of Köppen climate classification
Daniel arap Moi, Kenya's second President, and George W. Bush, 2001
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Graphical depiction of Uganda's product exports in 28 color-coded categories.
The Masai giraffe is Tanzania's national animal
Uhuru Kenyatta in 2014.
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Change in per capita GDP of Uganda, 1950–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars.
The semi-autonomous Zanzibar Archipelago
A map of Kenya.
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Coffee fields in southwestern Uganda
Regions of Tanzania
A Köppen climate classification map of Kenya.
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Workers at a textile factory in Jinja
Tanzanian ambassador to Russia Jaka Mwambi presenting his credentials to the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
Kenya's third president, Mwai Kibaki
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Entebbe International Airport
Tanzanian Embassy in West End, Washington, D.C., USA
The Supreme Court of Kenya building.
Road to Murchison
FIB Tanzanian special forces during training
President Barack Obama in Nairobi, July 2015
Mobile operators offer money sending, receiving services, bill payments among many more services.
A proportional representation of Tanzania exports, 2019
Emblem of the Kenya Defence Forces
Students in Uganda
Historical development of real GDP per capita in Tanzania, since 1950
Kenya's 47 counties.
Development of life expectancy
Tea fields in Tukuyu
A proportional representation of Kenya exports, 2019
Rwenzori mountains in Uganda
Nyerere Bridge in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam
Kenya, Trends in the Human Development Index 1970–2010.
An ethnolinguistic map of Uganda
The snowcapped Uhuru Peak
Amboseli National Park
Cultural celebrations in Northern Uganda
One of the main trunk roads
Tsavo East National Park
Woman in Rwenzori – Western Uganda
Zanzibar harbour
Tea farm near Kericho, Kericho County.
Mandela National Stadium in Kira Town.
Domestic expenditure on research in Southern Africa as a percentage of GDP, 2012 or closest year. Source: UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 (2015), Figure 20.3
Agricultural countryside in Kenya
Side view of Victoria Nile
A Tanzanian woman cooks Pilau rice dish wearing traditional Kanga.
The Kenya Commercial Bank office at KENCOM House (right) in Nairobi.
Saint Mary's Cathedral Rubaga, is the parent cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala.
Farmers using a rice harvester to harvest rice in Igunga District, Tanzania
Workers at Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant
Example of a World Food Programme parcel
The official logo of Vision 2030.
Researchers (HC) in Southern Africa per million inhabitants, 2013 or closest year
Lake Turkana borders Turkana County
Scientific publications per million inhabitants in SADC countries in 2014. Source: UNESCO Science Report (2015), data from Thomson Reuters' Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded
Lions Family Portrait Masai Mara
The Hadza live as hunter-gatherers.
Maasai people. The Maasai live in both Kenya and Tanzania.
A carved door with Arabic calligraphy in Zanzibar
Child labour in Kenya
Nkrumah Hall at the University of Dar es Salaam
A Bantu Kikuyu woman in traditional attire
Development of life expectancy
Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Cathedral in Mombasa.
Tanzanian woman harvest tea leaves
Outpatient Department of AIC Kapsowar Hospital in Kapsowar.
Judith Wambura (Lady Jaydee) is a popular Bongo Flava recording singer.
Table showing different grades of clinical officers, medical officers, and medical practitioners in Kenya's public service
A Tingatinga painting
School children in a classroom.
National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
An MSc student at Kenyatta University in Nairobi.
St Joseph's Catholic cathedral, Zanzibar
A Maasai girl at school.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha
Kenyan boys and girls performing a traditional dance
East African Legislative Assembly in Arusha
Nation Media House, which hosts the Nation Media Group
Tanzanian Ngoma group
Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
Popular Kenyan musician Jua Cali.
Jepkosgei Kipyego and Jepkemoi Cheruiyot at the 2012 London Olympics
Kenyan Olympic and world record holder in the 800 meters, David Rudisha.
Ugali and sukuma wiki, staples of Kenyan cuisine

The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda.

- East African Community

The country is bordered to the East by Kenya, to the North by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.

- Uganda

It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.

- Tanzania

Due to concerted efforts by the government of Tanzania, Swahili is one of three official languages (the others being English and French) of the East African Community (EAC) countries, namely Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

- Swahili language

Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.

- Kenya

The official languages are English and Swahili, although the Constitution states that "any other language may be used as a medium of instruction in schools or other educational institutions or for legislative, administrative or judicial purposes as may be prescribed by law."

- Uganda

Kenya is a member of the East African Community trade bloc, though some international trade organisations categorise it as part of the Greater Horn of Africa.

- Kenya

The country does not have a de jure official language, although the national language is Swahili.

- Tanzania

Kiswahili, English and French are designated as the official languages of the EAC, with Swahili designated for development as the lingua franca of the community.

- East African Community

Uganda is a member of the East African Community (EAC), along with Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.

- Uganda

Tanzania is a member of many international organizations such as the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), East African Community (EAC), and Southern African Development Community (SADC) among many others.

- Tanzania

Kenya has close ties with its fellow Swahili-speaking neighbours in the African Great Lakes region.

- Kenya

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Image of the region between Lake Victoria (on the right) and Lakes Edward, Kivu and Tanganyika (from north to south) showing dense vegetation (bright green) and fires (red).

East Africa

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Eastern subregion of the African continent.

Eastern subregion of the African continent.

Image of the region between Lake Victoria (on the right) and Lakes Edward, Kivu and Tanganyika (from north to south) showing dense vegetation (bright green) and fires (red).
The Bab-el-Mandeb crossing in the Red Sea: now some 12 miles (20 km) wide, narrower in prehistory.
Early Iron Age findings in East and Southern Africa
Map of British East Africa in 1911

Due to the historical Omani Empire and colonial territories of the British East Africa Protectorate and German East Africa, the term East Africa is often (especially in the English language) used to specifically refer to the area now comprising the three countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan are members of the East African Community. The first five are also included in the African Great Lakes region. Burundi and Rwanda are at times also considered to be part of Central Africa.

With its original speech community centered on the coastal parts of Tanzania (particularly Zanzibar) and Kenya—a seaboard referred to as the Swahili Coast—the Bantu Swahili language contains many Arabic loan-words as a consequence of these interactions.