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Tree-planting holiday was not necessary amid economic crisis

For the first time since Adam, Kenyans did not like the holiday that the government granted them on November 13, 2023. Kenyans wondered how on earth we afford an unplanned holiday amidst the economic crisis.

November 13 is usually World Orphans' Day, Odd Socks Day, World Kindness Day, and, to some, National Hug a Musician Day, among many other holidays worldwide. But it is not a gazetted holiday in Kenya.

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