NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 23 – The government has declared a public holiday on Tuesday to make up for Christmas which falls on a Sunday.
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki gazetted the holiday in a notice published on Friday.
He cited Sections 3 and 4 of the Public Holidays Act which allows his office to declare public holidays to compensate for recognized ones which fall on Sundays.
Where, in any year, a day in Part I of the Schedule falls on a Sunday, then the
Public Holidays Act, Section 4.
first succeeding day, not being a public holiday, shall be a public holiday and the first-mentioned day shall cease to be a public holiday.
Monday being Boxing Day, a recognized holiday, the make up holiday was carried forward to the next available day,
I confirm to you Tuesday 27 will be a public holiday to compensate for Christmas which this time round falls on Sunday, therefore we shall extend the celebration to Tuesday, 27 December.
CS Kithure Kindiki, Ministry of Interior and National Administration.
