Gov't declares Wednesday, June 28th a public holiday
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The government has declared Wednesday, June 28th a public
holiday to mark Eid-Ul-Adha (Idd-Ul-Azha).
Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki made the
announcement on Monday in a gazette notice dated June 26, 2023.
"It is notified for the general information of the
public that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (2) and part II of
the Schedule, as read with section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet
Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares that Wednesday, the
28th June, 2023, shall be a public holiday to mark Eid-Ul-Adha
(Idd-Ul-Azha)," reads the gazette notice.
Eid-ul-Adha is used
to mark the culmination of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for
Muslims.
The Mecca pilgrimage is
a mandatory religious duty for the religion’s faithfuland must be carried out
at least once in one’s lifetime by all adult Muslims capable – physically or
financially – of undertaking the journey.
The day remembers Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to.
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