Kindiki declares Wednesday a public holiday to mark Idd-ul-Fitr

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared Wednesday, April 10 a national public holiday to mark Idd ul-Fitr.

Kindiki made the announcement in a Gazette Notice dated April 9, 2023.

“It is notified for the general information of the public that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (1) of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares that Wednesday, the 10th April 2023, shall be a public holiday to mark Idd ul-Fitr,”- Kindiki said in the Gazette Notice.

Eid festivities begin after the sighting of a new crescent moon.