Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to identify strategies for indigenous language preservation and to
investigate how the use of Lubukusu native language resource persons in CBC education can be
integrated into the formal curriculum development process for indigenous languages. The study adopted
a qualitative descriptive research design because it intended to describe the phenomenon of the use of
resource persons alongside classroom teachers. The respondents were pre-primary and lower primary
teachers and key informants comprising Native Language Resource Persons. A purposive sampling
technique was used to sample respondents based on two criteria: early education teachers stationed
in the South Kulisiru Ward of Bungoma County and Lubukusu language resource persons based
on prior classroom experience with these teachers in lesson delivery. Two research instruments were
telephone interviews with key informants and open-ended questionnaires with the teachers, respectively.
The authors concluded that awareness of the role of indigenous languages in education, the campaign
against negative perceptions amongst parents, and an explicit policy framework would eventually
provide the necessary curriculum infrastructure for the preservation of indigenous languages
