JUST IN: Ten Years and Ksh45 Million Later, Upper Pokomo Have the New Testament in Native Tongue 

  The Upper Pokomo community in Kenya’s Tana River County has a new reason to celebrate: they now have the New Testament available in their native language for the first time. The Bible Translation and Literacy (BTL) organization officially launched the Upper Pokomo New Testament during a dedication ceremony at the Africa Inland Church (AIC) in Hola Sub-County. The translation project, which took a decade to complete and cost approximately Ksh 45 million, involved extensive linguistic surveys and the development of a standardized writing system (orthography). Translators carefully distinguished Upper Pokomo from the closely related Lower Pokomo language to ensure accuracy. Although Upper Pokomo shares similarities with Swahili, it remains a
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