This server (tafsiri-mcp) provides Kenya-focused language translation and terminology tools for Swahili, Kikuyu, Luo, and official document contexts.
Swahili-English Glossary (swahili_english_glossary): Look up civic and government terms with Swahili-English translations, with optional term search.
Kikuyu Language Guide (kikuyu_language_guide): Access Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) language basics and resources, with optional term lookup.
Luo Language Guide (luo_language_guide): Access Luo (Dholuo) language basics and resources, with optional term lookup.
Official Document Glossary (official_document_glossary): Retrieve Kenya official document terminology — forms, certificates, and legal terms — filterable by document type.
Language Detection Guide (language_detection_guide): Get guidance on detecting and translating Kenyan languages, optionally providing a text sample for context.
Civic Terminology in Swahili (civic_terminology_swahili): Look up Swahili translations of Kenya civic and legal processes, optionally filtered by a specific process.
⚠️ All tools return DEMO data and are not suitable for operational or production decisions.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@tafsiri-mcp translate 'land title' to Swahili"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Compatible with claude-sonnet-5 (released 2026-06-30) — Anthropic's most agentic
Sonnet yet. Runs multi-step tool chains end-to-end without stopping short.
Install: pip install tafsiri-mcp · Use with any MCP client.
Kenya translation infrastructure via MCP — Swahili/English glossary, Kikuyu guide, Luo guide, official document terms, language detection, civic terminology. 6 tools.
1st world equivalent: DeepL, Google Translate API, Masakhane
pip install tafsiri-mcpRelated MCP server: diaspora-mcp
Tool | Description |
| Swahili-English civic and government glossary |
| Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) language basics and resources |
| Luo (Dholuo) language basics and resources |
| Kenya official document terminology and costs |
| Language detection and translation resources for Kenya |
| Swahili translations of Kenya civic and legal processes |
MIT © Gabriel Mahia | contact@aikungfu.dev
This MCP server is one of 32 tools in the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to africa-coord-bus —
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
pip install africa-coord-busAll 32 servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia Live demo: coord-cascade-demo
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.
Install & run: pip install reli-cli && reli list — 33 MCP servers on the official MCP Registry under io.github.gabrielmahia
Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo · dataset · leaderboard
Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus — offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia · Docs hub: nairobi-stack
Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.
Kenya payments for AI agents — M-Pesa via Flutterwave. Never holds funds.
Translate MCP — wraps LibreTranslate API (https://libretranslate.com/)
Wiktionary MCP — multilingual dictionary via Wikimedia REST + MediaWiki Action API
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