Kakwa also known as Kakuwâ or Kutuk na kakwa is a language spoken in Yei and Morobo County in South sudan, Koboko, Moyo and Yumbe Districts in Uganda and Imgbokolo and Aba in Congo, DRC by the Kakwa|Bari Kakwa people.
It belongs to the Karo group of languages which also includes Bari language.
Kakwa language has approximately 500,000 native speakers.
General Idi Amin Dada, who was a repressive dictator in Uganda was a Kakwa
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