Interior CS Fred Matiang’i (pictured) has gazetted Thursday October 10 as a public holiday to mark Moi Day.
Moi Day was removed from the list of national holidays following the promulgation of the Constitution in 2010.
Last week, the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) told its members Wednesday would be a public holiday since the State was yet to challenge Justice George Odunga’s November 6, 2017 judgment.
Odunga observed that although Moi Day was not a national day, the celebration of that day as a public holiday did not contravene the Constitution.
The court had observed that unless Parliament changes the law to scrap it or the Interior CS substitutes it with another fete, Kenyans would still observe the day meant to honour the country’s second President Daniel arap Moi.
Odunga ruled that failure to observe the day would be an illegality and breach of the Public Holidays Act.
“I hereby grant a declaration that omission to have the 10th day of October observed as a public holiday is an illegality”.
“I further declare that unless Parliament amends the Act or the minister substitutes for another date, October 10 shall, in each year, continue being a public holiday.”
