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Kenyan leader sparks uproar after mocking Nigerians' spoken English

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  • Kwame 4 days ago

    Language is a tool for communication and not something that is thrown at people, so we must all know how to handle communication.
    Even when phonetics differ, grammar must be the same for people to understand.
    I have not r ...
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  • Truth Table 4 days ago

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  • Truth Teller 3 days ago

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  • Kwame 4 days ago

    Jesus put food on the table of priests who swindle their church members. The matter here is how can we best communicate with each other by being understood by others.

  • Blue Pen 4 days ago

    Kwame, don't talk like a pikin. You are not the headmaster of this platform..

  • Albert 4 days ago

    Let's face it. Nigerians speak pigen (I hope I have spelled it right) English and not standard English. So Ruto is right.

  • @Albert 4 days ago

    Albert, Ruto is NOT talking about expressional variants like "We no go gree - We're not going to agree) or "He don't show up now - He hasn't shown up yet, or "Next tomorrow - The day after tomorrow", and a zillion more such l ...
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  • NONSENSE 4 days ago

    IS THIS NECESSARY AT ALL? RUTO SHOULD HAVE BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO AVOID THIS UNNECESSARY COMMENT.

  • Revelation + Rationality = Truth 4 days ago

    Programmed!!!!
    How can you be an African leader?
    Is English your mother tongue? or does it originate from Africa?

    This is why African leaders will always be looked down upon. If you had competed over who can speak the ...
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  • J.C. 4 days ago

    More than half of Nigeria population can only express themselves in pidgin English but to them it's English language or good grammar. Most of them I see in Ghana their grammar is full of pidgin.

  • Yes. 4 days ago

    Irresponsible remark. As a president, if you say this, what do you expect the youth to do? That is why there is a problem with his leadership. Do you mean the Kiswahili-English accent is one of the English accents, and that o ...
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  • How Foolish 4 days ago

    "Emancipate yourself from mental Slavery" Ugly Ruto

  • Sarpong 4 days ago

    THE MAN MADE A SMALL MISTAKE SO WHAT ? ARE ANY OF US GHANIANS ARE PERFECT ALL TIME ?

  • DEEVINITY 3 days ago

    Both countries speak a local dialect-infused variant of English. You need a translator to understand either of them. Rather ironic Ruto claims superiority here.

  • Alexander 3 days ago

    Bitter truth... Nigeria must stop this nonsense English..

  • Kenny 3 days ago

    Ruto was cracking jokes, unfortunately, they misunderstood him. Remember, Ruto's two daughters are married to Nigerian husbands. SO please, let's leave him alone and enjoy the jokes!!!

  • Kojo 3 days ago

    he was taken out of contex he made some joke SO WHAT ?

  • Akwasi Owusu-Ansah 3 days ago

    The Kenyan president spoke the truth.

  • Peter 2 days ago

    YES WE AGREE OOO

  • BaeBee 2 days ago

    Clap for yourself.

  • saa 2 days ago

    The most foolish president in Africa, will good English speaking gonna put food on his citizens table who are very much with his leadership. i thought he is a phd holder,

  • Sam 2 days ago

    this man is great leader look how he trasform kenya to huge sucsses while most african countrys look smell and feel like shit