Eid al-Adha

Kenya declares July 20 as a Public Holiday for Idd-ul-Azha

Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has declared Tuesday July 20th 2021 as a public holiday in observance of Idd ul Azha.

CS Matiangi made the announcement in a Gazette notice no. 7147 dated Friday July 16th.

“It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Public Holidays Act, declares that Friday, July 20th May, 2021, shall be a public holiday to mark Idd-ul-Adha,” the notice stated.

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