By ELVIS ONDIEKIMore by this AuthorSocial networking site Twitter no longer identifies Swahili as Indonesian, and a team that markets Kenya abroad is elated about it. An elated Brand Kenya tweeted on Thursday that this happened after online pressure. Thank you for recognising Swahili,” Brand Kenya tweeted on Thursday. Furaha iliyoje katika Bwana?” Twitter’s translation function recognised it as Kiswahili and offered a translation: “It is a new page today. The pressure to have Twitter recognise Swahili peaked in April, with observers saying its stature as a language spoken by millions of people should have it recognised.

Source: Daily Nation May 04, 2018 18:22 UTC