Kenya Ranked 2nd Best English Speaking Country In Africa, 20th Globally - Report

• A new report has ranked Kenya the second-best-speaking English country in Africa, trouncing big countries like Nigeria
• According to the 2022 report done by EF English Proficiency Index, Kenyan ranked 20th globally, and Nairobi took the 19th spot where cities are concerned
• Kenya has been engaging in an online war with Uganda about who speaks better English, and the report placed the landlocked country in position 55 globally

A report by EF English Proficiency Index has ranked Kenya as the second-best-speaking country in Africa, after South Africa.

Where Kenya ranks among English speakers

The 2022 report also ranked Kenya 20th globally, with Nairobi City emerging 19th on the list of cities with the best English-speaking people.

As for how countries in East Africa faired the global and regional scope, Uganda emerged the fifth in Africa and 55th globally.

Tanzania emerged seventh and 63rd globally, while Rwanda emerged 18th and took 107th globally.

Nigeria emerged 28th globally, while Ghana took the 41st spot.

"Men’s English caught up to women’s in Africa for the first time this year, but the regional average masks the fact that a majority of countries still have a significant gender gap (over 20 points). Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Ghana have among the widest gender gaps in the world in favor of women, while Uganda and Tunisia have among the widest in favor of men," read part of the report.

Kenyans and Ugandans have always been debating on who between the two East African countries speaks better English.

A year ago, a report by CCJK indicated Uganda was the best English-speaking country, followed by South Africa and Nigeria.

Kenya emerged fourth on the list, which sparked a heated debate online as each African country boasted of harnessing the queen's language.

Kisumu man thrills with imperfect English

In a different report, a video of a Kisumu man declining to speak in Swahili on a live TV interview once ignited massive reactions online.

The man who was a second-hand belts seller insisted on using English despite being asked by the reporter to change to Kiswahili.

He said that English will be better but what has amazed many is the man's imperfect English which he expressed with confidence.