Govt Declares Friday a Public Holiday for Kindiki’s Swearing In Ceremony

The government declared Friday, November 1, as a public holiday, to mark the swearing-in of new Deputy President nominee Kithure Kindiki.

Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi gazetted the public holiday following the creation of the swearing-in committee by the Chief of Staff Felix Koskei.

“It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, and sections 3 (b) and 12 (3) of the Assumption of Office of President Act, declares Friday, the 1st November, 2024, to be a public holiday, being the date of the swearing-in of the Deputy President-designate,” read the notice in part.

This is after the court lifted conservatory orders that had blocked Kindiki’s swearing-in. The three-judge bench consisting of Justices Eric Ogolla, Anthony Mrima, and Fridah Mugambi noted that staying the conservatory orders would immensely hamper the operations of the government as mandated by the constitution.