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Moses Olenyo James Malande
Head of Department and Lecturer
Department of Languages, Literature and linguistics
St. Augustine university of Tanzania
BED (Arts), MA (English and Linguistics)
PHD (Candidate) at Kenyatta University

Hilda J k Masiolo Department of Kiswahili and African languages
Kenyatta University-Kenya
BED (Arts), MA-Candidate (Kiswahili Linguistics)