Perezida wa Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, yategetse abayobozi bashinzwe uburezi mu gihugu guhita batangira kwinjiza ururimi rw’igiswahili mu nteganyanyigisho z’ishuri ry’igihugu kugira ngo habeho itumanaho ryoroshye mu bucuruzi n’ibihugu bivuga Igiswahiri.
Ku wa gatanu, Chakwera yabivugiye kuri televiziyo hamwe na Perezida wa Tanzaniya wasuye Samia Suluhu Hassan ku bijyanye n’uburyo bwo gushimangira umubano w’ibihugu byombi.
Ati: “Nejejwe no kubamenyesha, buri wese, ko nabwiye nyakubahwa amakuru ashimishije y’ubuyobozi bwanjye bwafashe icyemezo cyo gutangiza inyigisho z’indimi hagamijwe gushimangira ibihugu by’abavandimwe bavuga ururimi rwa Malawi n’Igiswahiri nka Tanzaniya”. “Kandi minisiteri yanjye y’uburezi isabwa gushyira mu bikorwa iyo politiki n’ikigo.”
Impuguke mu burezi muri Malawi zavuze ko kwiga ururimi rw’igiswahiri, ari rumwe mu ndimi zivugwa cyane mu bice byinshi bya Afurika, byafasha Malawi kuzamura ubufatanye bw’ubucuruzi n’ibihugu bivuga Igiswahiri.
Hassan yari mu ruzinduko rw’iminsi itatu muri Malawi, aho yatumiwe nk’umushyitsi mukuru mu birori byo kwizihiza isabukuru y’imyaka 59 Malawi yizihije ku bwigenge yabereye ku wa kane i Lilongwe.
Yatangarije abanyamakuru ko Tanzaniya izaha Malawi ibikenewe byose kugira ngo hamenyekane ururimi rw’igiswahiri.
Ati: “Ku Kiswahili [irindi jambo rivuga Igiswahiri], murumuna wanjye yabivuze neza”. “Kandi ndagushimira ku cyemezo wafashe. Tanzaniya yiteguye gutanga ibikenewe byose kugira ngo Kiswahili yigishwe mu mashuri ya Malawi. Turabyiteguye.”
Tanzaniya, igihugu cyiganjemo abavuga Igiswahiri, kiri mu bihugu bituranye n’aho abacuruzi benshi bo muri Malawi bajya kugura ibicuruzwa byabo, birimo imyenda n’ibice by’ibinyabiziga bifite moteri.
Benshi binubira igiciro kinini cyabasobanuzi b’ururimi rw’igiswahiri.
Ntibyari byumvikana niba amasomo y’Igiswahiri muri Malawi yaba ari itegeko.
