The committee was reorganized into a purely academic institution as Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili (TATAKI) in 1964 and integrated into the University of Dar es Salaam in 1970.
[2] Meanwhile, the Tanganyika African National Union, fighting for freedom from colonial rule, had adopted Kiswahili as a language of mass organization and political revolution.
Since Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili had transitioned into a purely academic institution, there was a void with respect to its standardization functions.
[1][3] BAKITA was founded by a parliamentary act in 1967 as organization dedicated to the development and advocacy of Kiswahili as a means of national integration in Tanzania.
[4] BAKITA coordinates its activities with similar bodies in Kenya and Uganda to aid in the development of Kiswahili.