<translate> Post-independence, Kiswahili Sanifu has been largely ratified by local populations. It has been used as a national language in Tanzania, Kenya, the DRC and Uganda. It is an official language of the East African Community EAC as well as the Southern African Development Community SADC. In Tanzania, it is used as the medium of instruction in schools. The language has enjoyed great government support in the region, particularly in Tanzania. One of the greatest contributions of Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, was to push for the growth of Kiswahili in East and Central Africa as he believed that it could promote African unity, as it had done in Tanzania. Kiswahili scholars in EA continue to actively grow the language with literature departments at universities and research bodies continuing to publish new editions of Kiswahili dictionaries. Language bodies such as Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa BAKITA in Tanzania and Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa CHAKITA in Kenya are responsible for the promotion of the Kiswahili language and publishing houses, notably in Tanzania, contribute to a growing body of literary works in circulation in the language. <swh>Baada ya uhuru, Kiswahili Sanifu kimeidhinishwa kwa kiasi kikubwa na wakazi wa maeneo husika. Kinatumika kama lugha ya taifa nchini Tanzania, Kenya, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo DRC na Uganda. Ni lugha rasmi ya Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki EAC pamoja na Jumuiya ya Maendeleo ya Kusini mwa Afrika SADC. Nchini Tanzania, kinatumika kama njia ya kufundishia shuleni. Lugha hii imepata usaidizi mkubwa wa serikali katika eneo hili, haswa nchini Tanzania. Mojawapo wa mchango mkubwa wa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, rais wa kwanza wa Tanzania, ilikuwa kushinikiza ukuaji wa Kiswahili Afrika Mashariki na Kati kwani aliamini kuwa kinaweza kukuza umoja wa Afrika, kama ilivyokuwa Tanzania. Wasomi wa Kiswahili Afrika Mashariki wanaendelea kukuza lugha kikamilifu huku idara za fasihi katika vyuo vikuu na mashirika ya utafiti yakiendelea kuchapisha matoleo mapya ya kamusi za Kiswahili. Vyombo vya lugha kama vile Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa BAKITA nchini Tanzania na Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa CHAKITA nchini Kenya vina wajibu wa kukuza lugha ya Kiswahili na mashirika ya uchapishaji, hasa nchini Tanzania, yanachangia katika ukuaji wa kazi za fasihi. 