<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThe problem was that British strategists, who were fighting the Ottoman Turks in 1917, had secretly promised the lands to their World War I Arab allies.  <response>: Lakini, wakati huo, wanajeshi wa Uingereza walipokuwa wakipigana na Waotomani, waliahidi kwa siri nchi hizo kwa washirika wao wa Kiarabu katika Vita vya Kwanza vya Ulimwengu. 