Uganda to now teach Chinese in schools

China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni before a meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on September 6, 2018. PHOTO | AFP

The Ugandan government has named 35 secondary schools countrywide where the Chinese language will be taught starting next year.

Esther Mbayo, the Presidency minister, said the decision to teach Chinese was informed by increasing trade and the growing friendship between the two countries.