This comes at a time UNESCO has warned that every two weeks a language disappears taking with it an entire cultural and intellectual heritage.
Statistics further show that at least 43% of the estimated 6000 languages spoken in the world are endangered.
James Kabogoza, a retired Assistant commissioner for children, in the ministry of gender and development says introducing a child to their local language early enough will help to preserve the language.
“It is a policy issue, it’s not a parent, the authority must insist but then they also need to learn that the best language to learn is a mother language,” says Mr Kabogoza.